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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Massachusetts

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Aliyah Boston

Post
WORCESTER ACADEMY
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

17.3

Points per game

10.6

Rebounds per game

3.2

Blocks per game

2.6

Assists per game
“You cannot coach size, and at our level it is a difference-maker. Aliyah can shoot, handle the ball and finish at the rim.”
Caroline Stedman
Head Coach - Head coach of Deerfield Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s two-time returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-5 senior post player led the Hilltoppers to a 24-1 record and a second straight New England Prep School Athletic Council Class AA tournament championship this past season. Boston averaged 17.3 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.2 blocks, 2.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game. A member of the USA Basketball Under-17 Women’s National Team, Boston was the leading scorer and rebounder for Team USA during its gold medal run at the World Cup in Belarus last July.

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Academic Achievement

Boston has maintained a B average in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of South Carolina beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A native of the Virgin Islands who lives with her aunt in Worcester, Boston is the president of the Worcester Academy Varsity Club. She has donated her time locally as a student ambassador for her school and as a youth basketball coach.