During the 2024-25 season, Montonati averaged 23.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. Montonati helped the Rams to the Class 6A state tournament. Montonati is nationally ranked in the top 10 for the class of 2026. Montonati is the second player from Owasso High School to win the award and the first player since Trae Young to win back-to-back Mr. Basketball awards.
The five finalists for the 2024-25 Shelter Insurance Mr. Basketball Oklahoma award were Jalen Montonati – Owasso, Cal Furnish – Crossings Christian, Jacques Mitchell – Booker T. Washington, Jett Mueggenborg – Okarche, and Davon Scott – OKC Douglass.
“To go back-to-back and still have one season of prep basketball is amazing. Congrats to Jalen for following in the footsteps of a great player like Trae Young. Let’s go!” VYPE Publisher Austin Chadwick.
Previous Shelter Insurance Mr. and Miss Basketball Oklahoma winners include;
Boys – Stevie Clark – Douglass (2012-13), Chauncey Collins – OKC Storm (2013-14), Shake Milton – Owasso (2014-15), Trae Young – Norman North (2015-16), Trae Young – Norman North (2016-17), Kalib Boone – Tulsa Memorial (2017-18), Jett Sternberger – Kingfisher (2018-19), Bryce Thompson – Booker T. Washington (2019-20), Bijan Cortes – Kingfisher (2020-21), Jai’Von “JV” Seat – Edmond Memorial (2021-22), Dayton Forsythe – Dale (2022-23), and Jalen Montonati – Owasso (2023-24).
