Frisco Heritage's Cameron Lomax Named All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year

With 1.4 seconds left and Heritage's season hanging in the balance against Birdville in the Class 5A Division I state semifinal, Cameron Lomax caught the ball, rose, and released a contested floater that split the net. Final score: 65-63. Frisco Heritage was going to state.

That shot, and the senior season built around it, earned the 6-foot-1 guard the Dallas Morning News All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year award for 2025-26.

Lomax capped the most decorated career in Frisco Heritage program history by leading the Coyotes to the school's first-ever UIL Class 5A Division I State Championship in March 2026. Heritage defeated Beaumont West Brook 60-47 in the title game, becoming the first Frisco ISD boys basketball team to claim a UIL state crown. Head coach Jibran Kelley's squad finished 33-2, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A entering the playoffs.

In the championship game, Lomax contributed 17 points and six rebounds. But it was the semifinal that defined the run: his 30-point performance against Birdville, sealed by the game-winning floater, sent Heritage to the title game for the first time in program history.

Lomax didn't do it alone. Teammate Bryson Howard, the No. 1-ranked recruit in Texas for the Class of 2026 and a Duke commit, gave Heritage one of the most formidable senior pairings in the state. Howard, the son of former Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard, combined with Lomax for 61 points in a key playoff victory. The two seniors formed the offensive engine of a team that was as dominant in the regular season as it was in March.

The individual numbers Lomax leaves behind are striking. Across 110 career games he averaged 22.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.6 steals per game. He graduates as Heritage's all-time leader in points (2,148), steals (254), and free throws made (466), earning two All-State nods, two All-Region selections, two District MVP awards, and one District Offensive MVP along the way.

The arc of his career at Heritage traces a program's rise. As a sophomore, Lomax was named District Offensive Player of the Year and helped the Coyotes win district for the first time in a decade. By his junior year he had claimed the 11-5A District MVP. This season, he finished the job.

Lomax signed with SMU on November 13, 2025, becoming head coach Andy Enfield's first commit in the Class of 2026. Ranked as high as No. 139 overall nationally on 247Sports and among the top 10 players in Texas, Lomax chose the Mustangs after considering Oklahoma, Arizona State, and LSU. He arrives in Dallas carrying a state championship ring and records at Heritage that may stand for a generation.