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Illinois Boys All-State Basketball Teams: 2021-2022

Here are the Illinois AP Class 1A-4A All-State boys’ basketball teams as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers, broadcasters, and internet-site reporters.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Here are the Illinois Associated Press Class 1A-4A All-State boys’ basketball teams as voted on by a statewide panel of sports writers, broadcasters, and internet-site reporters.

All media members covering high school basketball in the state were eligible to nominate and vote for players. Compiled by Steve Tappa of MC22 and QCSportsNet (formerly of the Moline Dispatch and the Rock Island Argus).

Players received five points for a first-team vote and three points for a second-team vote. A five-player first team and five-player second team were selected in each class. A player must have been named on two ballots to receive honorable mention. All selections listed in order of voting points.

Class 4A: First Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Braden Huff	Glenbard West	6'11"	Senior	F	116
AJ Casey	Whitney Young	6'8"	Senior	F	115
Nick Martinelli	Glenbrook South	6'7"	Senior	G/F	92
Darrin Ames	Chicago Kenwood	6'2"	Junior	G	91
Owen Freeman	Bradley-Bourbonnais	6'10"	Junior	F/C	52

Class 4A: Second Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Xavier Amos	Whitney Young	6'8"	Senior	F	47
Zach Cleveland	Normal	6'7"	Senior	F	41
Brock Harding	Moline	6'0"	Junior	PG	37
Michael Osei-Bonsu	Bolingbrook	6'5"	Senior	F	37
Morez Johnson	Chicago St. Rita	6'9"	Sophomore	PF	36

Class 3A: First Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Ty Rodgers	Harvey Thornton	6'6"	Senior	F/G	115
Robbie Avila	Oak Forest	6'9"	Senior	F	99
Jaylen Drane	Simeon	6'3"	Senior	G	86
Deandre Craig	Chicago Mt. Carmel	6'1"	Junior	G	60
Christian Jones	East St. Louis	6'5"	Senior	PG	54

Class 3A: Second Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Asa Thomas	Lake Forest	6'7"	Junior	G	51
Macaleab Rich	East St. Louis	6'6"	Junior	G/F	47
NJ Benson	Mt. Vernon	6'8"	Senior	F/C	45
Amarion Nimmers	Rock Island	6'3"	Senior	G	45
Nojus Indrusaitis	Lemont	6'5"	Sophomore	G/F	43

Class 2A: First Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Ty Pence	St. Joseph-Ogden	6'6"	Junior	G/F	133
JaKeem Cole	Chicago Leo	6'0"	Junior	G	116
Dylan Arnett	DePaul Prep	6'10"	Senior	F	99
Nate Henry	Rockridge	6'4"	Senior	G	97
Ben VanderWal	Timothy Christian	6'7"	Senior	G/F	88

Class 2A: Second Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Mikell Jones	Chicago Clark	6'4"	Senior	F/C	76
Saxton Hoepker	Nashville	6'7"	Senior	SF	48
Terrence Jones	Chicago Longwood	6'3"	Senior	SF	42
Ben Cresap	Monticello	5'9"	Senior	G	40
Duane Doss	Beecher	5'9"	Senior	PG	39
Matthew Volkening	Marengo	6'6"	Senior	G	39

Class 1A: First Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Jaden Schutt	Yorkville Christian	6'6"	Senior	G	140
Benjamin Vandigo	Tuscola	6'3"	Senior	PG	126
Danny Stephens	Scales Mound	6'4"	Senior	G/F	93
Kellen Henze	Lanark Eastland	6'2"	Senior	G	82

Class 1A: Second Team

Name	School	Height	Year	Position	Points
Graham Meisenhelter	Macon Meridian	5'11"	Senior	G	47
Connor Brown	Cerro Gordo-Bement	6'5"	Senior	F	46
Paul Hart	Peru St. Bede	6'4"	Senior	G	38
Wes Hunt	Peoria Christian	6'7"	Senior	F	33
K.J. Vassar	Yorkville Christian	6'2"	Senior	G	33
Marcus Williams	Sterling Newman	6'1"	Senior	SG	33

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Class 4A: First Team

Class 4A: Second Team

Class 3A: First Team

Class 3A: Second Team

Class 2A: First Team

Class 2A: Second Team

Class 1A: First Team

Class 1A: Second Team

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