Brandon Knight

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound junior point guard led the Panthers to their second consecutive Class 3A state title, averaging 31.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and three steals per game this season. Knight scored 27 points, pulled down nine rebounds and dished four assists in a 60-44 win over Jones High in the state final. A two-time First Team All-State selection and the Panhandle Sports Broadcasting 2009 Class 3A Tournament MVP, Knight shattered his own school single-season record by more than 200 points, finishing with 968 points this winter. He also set a school record by sinking 127 three-pointers, shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc. Knight committed only 63 turnovers in 864 minutes-played this past season.

Ranked as the number-five recruit in the class of 2010 on the ESPNU Super 60 and the number-two recruit in his class as rated by Rivals.com, Knight holds the following school records: points in a game (55); career points (2,589); career assists (594); single-season points (968); career 3-pointers (259); single-season 3-pointers (127); single-game assists (16) and single-season free throw percentage (81). A varsity player since eighth grade, he has pulled down more than 900 career rebounds.

Knight has maintained a 4.28 GPA in the classroom. A devoted parishioner and youth group leader at the New Art Covenant Church, he has served as a peer tutor at his school, and has volunteered hundreds of year-round hours coaching and instructing at area youth basketball camps and clinics, as well as informally in his community.

Knight will begin his senior year of high school this fall.