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Gatorade 2025 - 2026: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - West Virginia

Gatorade Player of the year

Eli Sancomb

Guard
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

31.5

Average Points (Per Game)

12.1

Average Rebounds (Per Game)

7.1

Average Assiss (Per Game)

3

Average Steals (Per Game)
“Eli’s passing is off the charts and he makes all of his teammates better. He plays the right way and acts the right way. He is a very humble young man who’s going to have a great college career.”
Michael Jebbia
Head Coach - Wheeling Park High

Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-5, 185-pound senior guard had led the Maroon Knights (20-0) to the quarterfinals of the AA state tournament. Sancomb averaged 31.5 points, 12.1 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 3 steals through 20 games. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, he was named the MVP of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference tournament for the second straight season as well as First Team All-Conference.

Academic Achievement

Sancomb has maintained a 3.05 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play basketball at Liberty University this fall.

Exemplary Character

Sancomb has volunteered locally helping in multiple capacities after last summer’s flood in Wheeling, including shoveling mud, helping an intake center move, sorting donations and helping an elderly couple clean out their house. He also donated his time shoveling driveways after a January snowstorm, along with his brothers, Luke and Jack.