Top 10 Nebraska high school boys basketball players ready to dominate the competition

Video: Andy Kerkman's highlight vs. West Boyd

With the tipoff of the Nebraska prep basketball season just over a week away, we enter hoops preview mode here at MaxPreps, and take a look at some of the 2015-16 season's prep hoopsters that are ready to dominate the competition.

Before making these selections we scoured the state's major newspapers' all-state teams, MaxPreps' stat pages and each athlete's recruiting status. Some of these superb athletes were chosen simply for one of these categories, and some because of more than one of them.

Either way, the athletes listed from 1-10 are expected to produce some rather giant numbers night in and night out on the courts around the Cornhusker State.

All-Nebraska selections were handed out by the Omaha World Herald, while athletes being tabbed as Super-State honorees were chosen by the Lincoln Journal Star.


1. Andy Kerkman, Clearwater/Orchard (Clearwater) 6-8 Sr. F
18.0 points, 3.6 assists, 14.7 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 4.9 blocks
First team All-State Class D1 Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star. Committed to Augustana

2. Drew Homa, Creighton Prep (Omaha) 6-5 Sr. G
11.4 points, 1.7 assists, 6.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 0.4 blocks
First team All-Nebraska and Super-State

3. David Wingett, Winnebago 6-7 Jr. G/F
17.9 points, 2.3 assists, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 1.3 blocks
Second team All-Nebraska, third team Super-State

4. Triston Simpson, North Star (Lincoln) 6-1 Sr. PG
17.9 points, 4.7 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 0.3 blocks
Third team All-Nebraska, second team Super-State

5. Jared Samuelson, Gretna 6-2 Sr. SG/SF
17.6 points, 1.8 assists, 5.2 rebounds, 1.6 steals, 0.1 blocks
Third team Super-State

6. Tyler Wintholz, Sidney 6-4 Sr. SF/PF
15.8 points, 3.3 assists, 7.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals, 0.3 blocks
Second team all-state Class B Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star

7. Jaxon Simons, Bishop Neumann (Wahoo) 6-1 Sr. SG
17.6 points, 2.5 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals, 0.2 blocks
Third team All-Nebraska, third team Super-State

8. Knowledge Darby, Boys Town 6-6 Sr. F
15.8 points, 4.0 assists, 8.3 rebounds, 2.6 steals, 1.2 blocks
Honorable mention All-State Class C1 Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star

9. Tyler Polacek, Howells-Dodge (Howells) 5-6 Sr. PG
15.2 points, 3.9 assists, 8.0 rebounds, 3.2 steals, 0.7 blocks
Honorable mention All-State Class D1 Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star

10. Chance Morland, Paxton 6-4 Sr. PF
15.9 points, 3.4 assists, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 steals, 1.2 blocks
First team All-State Class D2 Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star