A FINAL check up on how some of last season’s top GHSA players faired as freshmen at their respective D-1 schools:
Class AAAAAA
Jaylen Brown (Wheeler to Cal)
14.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.0 apg, 43.1 FG%
Shembari Phillips (Wheeler to Tennessee)
5.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Derek Ogbeide (Pebblebrook to UGA)
4.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg
Ty Hudson (Pebblebrook to Clemson)
2.4 ppg
Trhae Mitchell (Pebblebrook to South Alabama)
N/A
Bryce Brown (Tucker to Auburn)
10.1 ppg, 33.9 FG%
Devontae Cacok (Alpharetta to UNC-Wilmington)
3.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 65.2 FG%
Marcus Sheffield (Chattahoochee to Stanford)
6.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.0 apg, 38.9 FG%
Ricky Madison (Norcross to High Point)
4.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg
K’Ja Johnson (Douglas County to Florida A&M)
7.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.1 spg
Class AAAAA
Lamont West (Miller Grove to West Virginia)
N/A
Class AAAA
Tracy Hector (Jonesboro to Kennesaw State)
1.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.2 apg
Austin Donaldson (Jonesboro to Georgia State)
2.4 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 1.0 apg
Malik Benlevi (Jenkins to Georgia State)
1.8 ppg, 1.1 rpg
Montae Glenn (Carrollton to Georgia Southern)
4.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 59% FG
Ty Cockfield (Johnson-Gainesville to Stetson)
7.1 ppg, 0.9 apg, 1.9 rpg – TRANSFERRED TO GA HIGHLANDS
Class AAA
Tookie Brown (Morgan County to Georgia Southern)
17.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.6 spg
Austin Venable (Banks County to Presbyterian)
3.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 51.6% FG
Antwan Maxwell (Johnson-Savannah to Charleston Southern)
N/A
Class AA
Reggie Reid (Harlem to FGCU)
3.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 3.1 apg, 0.7 spg, 36.2% FG
Trevon Scott (McIntosh County Academy to Cincinnati)
N/A
Eric Jamison (GAC to Gardner-Webb)
N/A
Class A
Malik Beasley (St. Francis to FSU)
15.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.9 spg, 47.1 FG%, 38.7 3PT% – DECLARED FOR NBA DRAFT
Kaiser Gates (St. Francis to Xavier)
3.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Josh Coleman (St. Francis to Coastal Carolina)
30 minutes
‘Turtle’ Jackson (Athens Christian to UGA)
1.6 ppg, 0.6 rpg, 0.6 apg
Justin Ravenel (Greenforest to Florida A&M)
8.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Courtney Alexander (Whitefield Academy to Tennessee Tech)
1.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 51.2 FG%
Trey Kalina (North Cobb Christian to UTC)
N/A
Photo by Don Juan Moore