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Montverde's Cooper Flagg named Naismith Player of the Year

Duke commit has led the Eagles to an undefeated season and the nation's No. 1 ranking

Gary Adornato

Montverde's Cooper Flagg named Naismith Player of the Year
Montverde's Cooper Flagg named Naismith Player of the Year /

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – The news broke on Friday afternoon but the outcome had been anticipated long before. Montverde Academy super star Cooper Flagg, a commit to Duke University, was selected as the 2024 Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Flagg, who will make his final appearance as a high school player at the High School Nationals, April 4-6, in Brownsburg, Indiana, has led Montverde to a 30-0 record thus far this season while averaging 16.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game on a star studded team.

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"I would like to thank Jersey Mike's and the Naismith selection committee for recognizing me as the Naismith High School Player of the Year," said Flagg. "It is a great honor that wouldn't have been possible without my parents, coaches, and teammates, who motivate me every day to get better."

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Flagg is a 5-Star recruited rated as the No. 1 player in the Class of 2024 by all major rating services. Prior to signing his national letter of intent last summer with Duke, Flagg reclassified from the Class of 2025. He becomes the fifth Duke recruit to win Naismith award.

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Gary Adornato
GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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