[cksportsfan]

it varies from state to state, Mr & Ms sports awards in kentucky are voted by the Kentucky AP and each state sets it's own guidelines. It's not an official rule, but the AP does everything they can to make sure it's a senior first. Ohio gives it to the best player. Lebon James won multiple times in basketball, Robert Smith and Erick Howard won multiple times for football, they've even had a tie for Mr. Basketball once. the Kentucky AP hasn't released the criteria for winning it, but it's done by vote

Umm, some clarifications:

1) FOOTBALL is the ONLY sport in Kentucky that The Associated Press decides who is Mr./Miss Whatever. COACHES pick Mr. Basketball and Miss Basketball. COACHES also pick Mr. Baseball, Miss Softball, Mr./Miss Soccer, Miss Volleyball.

2) Mr. Basketball MUST be a senior. Yes, it IS an official rule. Mr. Basketball is also guaranteed a spot on the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star game(s) and wears the No. 1 jersey.

Although not posted by you, per se:

3) Mr. and Miss Golf are NOT voted on. At all. There is a scoring system based on certain major tournaments. Lydia Gumm of North Hardin won it six times yet never won the state tournament.

4) Steffphon Pettigrew (Elizabethtown HS/WKU signee) won Mr. Basketball and his team did NOT even make it to region. Let alone state. So that might not hurt Willis (Bullitt East) as some might think.