As the high school basketball season concludes, Arizona Preps is proud to honor the top performers from across the state. These players stood out all season long, delivering exceptional performances, leading their teams to deep playoff runs and championships and solidifying their place among the best in Arizona. 2025 Arizona Preps Player of the Year: Koa Peat – Perry High School (University of Arizona commit) Perry High School’s superstar 6-foot-8 senior Koa Peat’s senior season was nothing short of legendary. Despite playing through a fractured hand during the state playoffs, Peat led Perry High School to its fourth-consecutive state championship…
Author: Anthony Ray
As the high school basketball season has come to a close, we now focus on the awards from the 2024-2025 high school basketball season. This year’s selection for the 2025 Arizona Preps Coach of the Year honor goes to Head Coach Scott Stansberry of Mesa High School. Stansberry’s exceptional leadership guided Mesa to a remarkable 22-8 overall record in the highly competitive 6A Division, culminating in a runner-up finish for the 6A State Championship. Despite having one of the youngest rosters in the state, Stansberry’s strategic acumen and commitment to player development shined through. The team was anchored by the…
As the Arizona high school basketball season wraps up, we enter a new era. The departure of superstar performer Koa Peat, the basketball phenom who led Perry High School to four consecutive State Championships, marks the end of a historic chapter in Arizona basketball. Peat’s dominance over the last four years has been unparalleled, leaving big shoes to fill as he moves on to the University of Arizona. Peat dominated the state during the high school season, and also during the spring and summer, as he was an elite national figure in America’s basketball scene. With Peat’s departure, the landscape…
Mesa High School’s 6-foot-4 freshman point guard Kyi Kyi Miles has taken the Arizona high school basketball scene by storm. After a tremendous freshman season, where he led his Mesa program to a 6A State Championship runner-up finish, Miles has been named as the MaxPreps Freshman Player of the Year and selected for the MaxPreps Freshman All-American Team. Miles has established himself as one of the most elite young prospects in the country, and an elite national prospect in America’s 2028 Class. His highly anticipated high school career kicked off in dominant fashion, as he led Mesa to the Tournament…
The NCAA Transfer Portal has completely transformed the landscape of college basketball recruiting, and the shift is being felt most heavily at the high school level. While I have had to work hard annually to attempt to help under-recruited seniors over my many years of scouting basketball in the state of Arizona, the past (5) years have been very hard to help student-athletes – hard for me and my staff, and also many of Arizona’s top student-athletes. It is becoming more and more difficult to help high school prospects land Division-I opportunities. As of April 6, 2025, more than 1,700…
With so many Arizona high school prospects still available this spring, as each of the top prospects look to make their college decisions, there are many top-rated prospects for college programs to take a hard look at. One of the elite high school prospects for Division-I programs to consider is St. Mary’s High School’s gifted and athletic 6-foot-7, 210-pound senior Caspian Jones. Jones is a very well under-recruited prospect that college programs need to take a very hard look at this spring. Caspian Jones proved this season that he belongs in the conversation among the top available basketball prospects in the…
With so many Arizona high school prospects still available this spring, as each of the top prospects look to make their college decisions, there are many top-rated prospects for college programs to take a hard look at. One of the elite high school prospects for Division-I programs to consider is Boulder Creek High School’s talented 6-foot-8, 200-pound senior Andrew Bhesania. Bhesania is a very well under-recruited prospect that college programs need to take a very hard look at this spring. Bhesania has firmly established himself as one of the top available prospects in the 2025 class in the West. With…
Prescott High School’s star 6-foot senior point guard Uriah Tenette is one of the most dynamic scorers in Arizona high school basketball history. A gifted athlete and explosive playmaker, Tenette led the state in scoring during his junior season and capped off his career by finishing among the top five all-time scorers in Arizona. Tenette had originally committed to the University of California San Diego (UCSD), but after UCSD’s head coach accepted a new position at the University of New Mexico this weekend, Tenette has decided to reopen his college recruitment. His senior season was nothing short of elite. In…
Arizona Preps is currently in Brooklyn, New York for this year’s exciting 2025 McDonald’s All-American Game, which features Arizona superstar, Perry High School 6-foot-8 senior Koa Peat (University of Arizona commit). Peat is in attendance for this year’s game, but will not be playing in the contest on Tuesday evening, due to a recently fractured hand. Recently, Peat gave a huge verbal commitment to the University of Arizona basketball program and Head Coach Tommy Lloyd and his staff on national television, ESPN. I caught up with Peat at this weekend’s scrimmage for the McDonald’s Game, and interviewed him regarding his…
One of Arizona high school basketball’s most accomplished and respected coaches, Sam Duane Jr., has officially stepped down as the Head Coach of Perry High School – ending an historic chapter that saw him lead two powerhouse programs to statewide dominance. Duane, who led Perry to four consecutive state championships, leaves behind a legacy of excellence, discipline, and development. Prior to his time at Perry, he turned Corona del Sol High School into a dynasty, also guiding them to (4) consecutive state titles from 2012 to 2015 and solidifying the program’s place in Arizona basketball history. His overall coaching record…