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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - New Mexico

Gatorade Player of the year

David Lunn

Guard
VOLCANO VISTA HS
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

20.6

Average Points (Per Game)

4.8

Average Rebounds (Per Game)

3.3

Average Assiss (Per Game)
“Lunn is a tough player. He’s very physical, has good touch in the paint and has expanded his game to be a threat from outside. His overall athleticism is unmatched in New Mexico and he has put in time to expand his game and make him a threat in other areas as well. He has the discipline to play hard at both ends of the court and he has a major impact on the game defensively as well.”
Forrest Becker
Head Coach - Piedra Vista

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 210-pound junior guard led the Hawks to a 26-5 record and their state record fifth consecutive Class 5A championship this past season. Lunn averaged 20.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game and scored a team-high 23 points in the state final on 8-of-10 shooting. The MVP of the 2025-26 Marv Sanders Memorial Invitational Tournament and a 2024-25 First Team All-Metro selection by the Albuquerque Journal, he’s ranked as the state’s No. 2 prospect in the Class of 2027 by PrepHoops. 

Academic Achievement

Lunn has maintained a 3.54 weighted GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall. 

Exemplary Character

A member of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church and a practiced alto saxophonist, Lunn has volunteered locally with the Rights of Passage mentorship group and has also donated his time packing gift bags of provisions for children in Albuquerque facing food insecurity in addition to participating in the Rio Grande Down Syndrome Network buddy walk.