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Jaxson Davis
Monarch Academy
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
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High school
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Jaxson Davis (born c. 2009) is an American high school basketball player who currently has transferred to Monarch Academy in Kansas City, Kansas after attending Warren Township High School in Gurnee, a northern suburb of Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois through his junior season. He is a consensus four-star recruit in the class of 2027. He was the first sophomore to ever win Illinois Mr. Basketball and the first to win the award twice before his senior season. He is also a two-time Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year winner. In 2024, he was named a MaxPreps Freshman All-American.

Background

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Davis's father, Brian, played for Illinois Fighting Illini football.[1] He was a converted linebacker in the 1992 recruiting class with Kevin Hardy and Simeon Rice (a year behind Dana Howard and John Holecek). Davis took an unofficial visit to Illinois in the fall of 2024.[2] He has a brother, one class behind him, who plays football.[3] His brother was on the junior varsity basketball team as a sophomore. Jaxson Davis grew up around basketball because of his father's profession as a basketball facilities administrator. He grew up watching Jabari Parker and his family photos include pictures of him being cradled by Kobe Bryant as a baby, with Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler as a young kid as well as with Jalen Brunson.[4]

High school career

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Before beginning his high school career, Davis held an offer from Western Illinois.[5] Aside from AAU basketball, he played no organized basketball until his freshman varsity season.[6] He started his freshman season as a nationally ranked player and posted impressive early numbers.[1] Davis's reputation preceded him to varsity basketball, where in his freshman debut, he was guarded with a box-and-one defense, but scored 15 points in the team's 84–55 win. The team achieved a 16–1 record to start the season, including four games in the Proviso West tournament, where he scored 36 points in the championship game.[7] He was the first freshman MVP of the Proviso West Tournament.[6] Late in 2023, Illinois gave Davis his second offer.[8] Davis posted 19.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.5 steals, earning all-state first-team recognition from both the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association and the Illinois media as well as 2023–24 Lake County News-Sun Boys Basketball Lake County Player of the Year.[7] He was named a 2024 MaxPreps Freshman All-American.[9] In the 2024 IHSA Class 4A NIU Supersectional (quarterfinal), Davis nearly propelled Warren to the state semifinals by tieing the score 3 times in the fourth quarter, including a three point play with 46 seconds left. Warren, which finished with a 31–5 record, lost to Palatine High School 55–53.[6] Davis earned Class 4 first-team All-state recognition.[10]

As a sophomore, he averaged 19.5 points, 4 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.8 steals while leading Warren to the runner-up finish at the IHSA Class 4A state championship.[11] He was named the 2024–25 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.[12][13] In the 2025 Illinois Mr. Basketball voting (conducted by the Chicago Tribune and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association) he became the first sophomore winner in the 45-year history of the award. With 41 first-place votes and being named on 87 or 150 ballots, Davis outranked second-place finisher sophomore, Davion Thompson of Bolingbrook High School and senior Docker Tedeschi of Benton Consolidated High School who finished third.[14][11] However, the Chicago Sun-Times selected Thompson as the first sophomore winner in the 67-year history of its Player of the Year award.[15] The Illinois media also listed Thompson as its Class 4A player of the year, with Davis being a Class 4A first-team all-state selection.[16] Illinois basketball head coach Brad Underwood and three of his assistant coaches Orlando Antigua, Geoff Alexander and Zach Hamer, attended the 2025 Class 4A state championship game at State Farm Center when Davis posted 17 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and four steals as Warren lost 55–54 to Benet Academy.[2] Warren finished with a 26–11 record.[17] Benet had lost its previous three state championship games and Warren had lost in 1999 and 2011.[18]

By the end of his sophomore season, he held more state offers from Northwestern, DePaul and Eastern Illinois.[2] Within weeks he had offers from Purdue, Indiana and Arizona State.[17] His summer Nike Elite Youth Basketball League performances, where he teamed with Thompson, contributed to offers from Iowa, Marquette, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Toledo as well as interest by BYU, Louisville Michigan State, Oklahoma, UCLA, and Virginia Tech by late August. Although Thompson is also a guard, Davis did enough of the ballhandling to lead the EYBL in assists during its regular season.[3]

In September of his junior season, he was ranked as the number 64 prospect in the 2027 national class.[8] By late February, he had risen to the 40th ranked player in his class.[19] During his junior season, he scheduled unofficial visits to Purdue and Michigan.[20] Davis also visited Michigan State.[21] He repeated as 2025–26 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.[22][23] He also repeated as the 2026 Illinois Mr. Basketball with 53 first place votes and listing on 89 of 129 ballots for 361 points, ahead of Whitney Young's Marquis Clark, 176 points and Kankakee's Lincoln Williams with 135 points. He joined two-time winners Jabari Parker and E. J. Liddell who both won their junior and senior seasons. For the season, Davis averaged 23.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.5 steals as Warren went 30–4.[24] The team was eliminated from the 2026 Class 4A IHSA playoffs in the sectional semifinals as Davis appeared hindered from a head injury.[25] At the time of the April 2026 Mr. Basketball announcement, 247Sports ranked him as the number 51 player and number 12 point guard in the national class of 2027.[24] Davis earned the 2026 Sun-Times Player of the year after Thompson and Devin Cleveland transferred to out of state prep school.[4] Davis was an Illinois Media Class 4A player of the year and unanimous first team All-state selection.[26]

In June 2026, he announced that he would transfer to Monarch Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, to compete in the Nike EYBL Scholastic conference for his senior season.[27][28]

International play

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Davis competed in Men's Junior National Team minicamps in October 2025 and April 2026 hosted by USA Basketball.[29] In May 2026, he was one of 35 players invited to tryout for the 12-man United States men's national under-18 basketball team selected by USA Basketball for to compete in the June 1–7 2026 FIBA U18 AmeriCup.[30] Davis did not make the final roster.[31]

References

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  1. 1 2 Reaven, Steve (November 30, 2023). "Warren freshman Jaxson Davis knows he has 'a lot of eyes on me.' They see the Blue Devils winning too". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Richey, Scott (April 26, 2025). "Good Morning, Illini Nation: All-State POTY an Illinois legacy". News-Gazette. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Zagoria, Adam (August 21, 2025). "Four-star 2027 point guard Jaxson Davis drawing major interest after standout Meanstreets summer". Zagsblog.com. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  4. 1 2 O’Brien, Michael (February 27, 2026). "Warren's Jaxson Davis named 2026 Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  5. ↑ Miazga, Mike (November 22, 2023). "Antioch Carmel Grant Grayslake Central Grayslake North Lakes". Daily Herald. p. 4. ProQuest 22892296084. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Reaven, Steve (March 5, 2024). "Freshman guard Jaxson Davis pushes Warren to brink of state semifinals: 'He's pushed us all to be better'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Reaven, Steve (March 15, 2024). "Warren's Jaxson Davis, the 2023-24 News-Sun Boys Basketball Player of the Year, 'can pretty much do everything'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Langendorf, Jackson (September 13, 2025). "Illinois Battling Purdue for Mr. Basketball of Illinois: Who is Jaxson Davis?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  9. ↑ Divens, Jordan (April 17, 2024). "MaxPreps Freshman All-America Team: Gene Roebuck of La Mirada headlines high school basketball's best from the Class of 2027". MaxPreps. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  10. ↑ Selvig, Dave (March 7, 2024). "High school scoreboard: March 7". Quad City Times. ProQuest 2954327810. Retrieved April 28, 2026. Carlos Harris III, Chicago Curie (6-2, Sr., G); Gianni Cobb, Homewood-Flossmoor (6-0, Sr., G); Connor May, Palatine (6-7, Sr., SG/SF); Jaxson Davis, Gurnee Warren (6-1, Fr., G); Jack Stanton, Downers Grove North (6-2, Sr., G)
  11. 1 2 "Meet the 2025 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Warren's Jaxson Davis and Young's Destiny Jackson". Chicago Tribune. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year:Boys Basketball - Illinois". Gatorade. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  13. ↑ Duvall, Adam (March 20, 2025). "Gatorade names Illinois high school boys basketball player of the year for 2025". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  14. ↑ Millar, Steve (May 3, 2025). "2025 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Jaxson Davis and Destiny Jackson forge their place in history". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  15. ↑ O'Brien, Michael (March 7, 2025). "2025 Chicago Sun-Times Player of the Year: Bolingbrook's Davion Thompson". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  16. ↑ Duvall, Adam (April 7, 2025). "IHSA boys basketball: Here are the Illinois media all-state teams for 2024-25". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved April 30, 2026. Davion Thompson, Bolingbrook, 70; Jaxson Davis, Warren, 52; Devin Cleveland, Kenwood, 48; Al Brooks Jr., Rich 46; Nick Allen, Bradley-Bourbonnais, 45
  17. 1 2 Schutte, Dustin (May 23, 2025). "Purdue Basketball Offers 2027 Guard, Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  18. ↑ O'Brien, Michael (March 14, 2025). "Warren beats Rich as Jaxson Davis embraces the state finals spotlight". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  19. ↑ Hiney, Zach (February 20, 2026). "Iowa basketball head coach Ben McCollum visits 2027 four-star PG". USA Today. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  20. ↑ Schutte, Dustin (January 29, 2026). "Top Illinois Basketball Prospect in 2027 Class Schedules Visit to Purdue". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2026.
  21. ↑ Tipton, Joe (February 22, 2026). "Top-50 overall recruit Jaxson Davis attending Michigan State game on Sunday". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year:Boys Basketball - Illinois". Gatorade. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  23. ↑ Duvall, Adam (March 27, 2026). "Gatorade names Illinois high school boys basketball player of the year for 2026". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  24. 1 2 Duvall, Adam (April 10, 2026). "2026 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Warren's Jaxson Davis and Naperville Central's Trinity Jones". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  25. ↑ Reaven, Steve (March 4, 2026). "Braylon Walker puts Warren on his shoulders in the 'best game of his career.' With the season on the line". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
  26. ↑ Duvall, Adam (April 6, 2026). "IHSA boys basketball: Here are the Illinois media all-state teams for 2025-26". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved April 30, 2026. x-Jaxson Davis, Warren, 90; Charles Barnes Jr,, Marist, 72; Amarion Smith-Holley, Richwoods, 69; Cole Kelly, Neuqua Valley, 61; Amir Danforth, Rockford Auburn, 47; Rashaun Porter, DePaul Prep, 47; Jayden Wright, Benet, 47
  27. ↑ Richey, Scott (June 13, 2026). "Jaxson Davis latest in-state prep star to leave Illinois". The News-Gazette. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Jaxson Davis, 2-time Mr. Basketball of Illinois, announces he's leaving Warren to attend a prep school". Lake County News-Sun. June 12, 2026. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Jaxson Davis". USA Basketball. May 28, 2026. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  30. ↑ "Baba Oladotun Selected To 2026 USA Basketball U18 National Team Training Camp". University of Maryland. May 8, 2026. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
  31. ↑ USA Basketball (May 27, 2026). "Introducing the 2026 USA Basketball Men's U18 National Team". Instagram. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
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