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Boys Basketball - Arizona

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Alex Barcello

Point Guard
CORONA DEL SOL HS
TEMPE, ARIZONA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-3
Press Release

Peak Performance

24.2

Points Per Game

5.9

Rebounds Per Game

3

Assists Per Game
“Alex Barcello is one of the best point guards that I have seen in a while. He takes a calm and cool approach and at the end of the game you don't even realize he has scored 30 points on your team.”
Derrick Donaldson
Head Coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-3, 170-pound senior point guard averaged 24.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and three assists per game this past season, leading the Aztecs (26-4) to the 6A conference state final. The state's 2014-15 Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year, Barcello set a school record this season by sinking 90.2 percent of his free throw attempts.

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Academic Achievement

Barcello has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of Arizona this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A vocalist in his church choir, Barcello has volunteered locally on behalf of Feed My Starving Children, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and as a youth basketball coach. "Alex Barcello is one of the best point guards that I have seen in a while," said Derrick Donaldson, head coach at Highland High. "He takes a calm and cool approach and at the end of the game you don't even realize he has scored 30 points on your team."