Fargo Davies' Mason Klabo selected as North Dakota Mr. Basketball

030725.s.ff.EastRegion.BBB.SF1.3 — Fargo Davies’ Mason Klabo dribbles and looks for a route to the basket against West Fargo’s Beckett Pfau during the East Region Boys Basketball Semifinals on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in the Scheels Center at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex in Fargo.

By Ryan Spitza

March 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM

FARGO — Chalk up another award for Mason Klabo.

The Fargo Davies standout has been named 2025 North Dakota Mr. Basketball.

Klabo was one of two finalists for this year's award as voted on by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. This year's other finalist was Westhope-Newburg's Walker Braaten.

Klabo, a 6-foot-2 guard, is the second Eagles player to receive the honor. The first was Davies' Tanner Kretchman in 2014, who went on to have a stellar collegiate playing career at Minnesota State Moorhead.

Klabo is committed to NCAA Division I Illinois State next season.

Davies' Mason Klabo set the North Dakota Division AA/A boys basketball all-time scoring on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at Davies High. Klabo shoots a basketball over the outstretched arms of a Sheyenne player. — Davies' Mason Klabo shoots a jumper against West Fargo Sheyenne on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at Davies High School.

Mr. Basketball has been awarded annually by the NDAPSSA since 1985. The award is presented to who is deemed the top senior boys basketball player in state each season.

Klabo's stat line this past season speaks for itself. He finished his senior campaign with a state-leading average 27.7 points per game to go with 7.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists.

He led Davies to this season's Division AA state title game as the East No. 3 seed, scoring 21 points in a runner-up finish to Bismarck Century . The Eagles finished the season 20-7.

031625.S.FF.BBB — Fargo Davies' Mason Klabo and Bismarck Century's Garrett Nissley are introduced before tip off during the North Dakota Division AA state high school basketball championship game on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Fargodome.

Klabo was a unanimous pick to the Division AA all-state first team announced earlier this week, his fourth time receiving first team all-state honors. His resume also includes four unanimous all-Eastern Dakota Conference nods and three all-state tournament team selections.

He was named East Region Senior Athlete of the Year, Division AA boys basketball Senior Athlete of the Year, and most recently, North Dakota boys basketball Gatorade Player of the Year last week.

Klabo finished his career eighth on the all-time North Dakota boys basketball scoring list among all divisions with 2,394 career points, per lists kept by North Dakota Hoopster.

He set the Division AA/A all-time scoring record in February in a win over West Fargo Sheyenne, surpassing the previous high mark of 2,192 career points from 2017 Mr. Basketball honoree Aanen Moody of Dickinson.

Davies' Mason Klabo sets the all-time North Dakota Division AA/A boys state scoring record on this layup against West Fargo Sheyenne on Tuesday, Feb. 18, Feb. 18, 2025, at Davies High School. Basketball player jumping with the ball in his hand towards the basket while other players are around him. — Davies' Mason Klabo sets the all-time North Dakota Division AA/A boys state scoring record on this layup against West Fargo Sheyenne on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at Davies High School.

Klabo departs the Davies program as its all-time leading scorer along with records for career field goals, career threes, career free throws, career assists and career steals. He also holds the single-game school records for points in a game with 53, field goals in a game with 19 and assists in a game with 12.

Previous Mr. Basketball winners in recent years include Four Winds-Minnewaukan's Deng Deng in 2024, Minot's Darik Dissette in 2023 and Bismarck's Treysen Eaglestaff in 2022. A full list of winners and award history may be viewed at NDAPSSA.com.

030224.S.FF.GFC.Davies.BBB — Fargo Davies' Mason Klabo drives to score against Grand Forks Central during the East Region boys basketball tournament semifinals on Friday, March 1, 2024, at West Fargo High School.

By Ryan Spitza

Ryan Spitza joined The Forum in December 2021 as a sports reporter. He grew up in Marquette, Mich., a city of 20,000 on the southern shore of Lake Superior. He majored in multimedia journalism and minored in public relations at Northern Michigan University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in May 2019. While attending college, Spitza gained real-world experience covering high school and college athletics for both The Mining Journal and The North Wind.

Spitza can be reached at 701-451-5613 or rspitza@forumcomm.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryspitza.