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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Indiana

Gatorade Player of the year

Flory Bidunga

Center
KOKOMO HS
KOKOMO, INDIANA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

19

Average Points (per game)

12.9

Average Rebounds (per game)

4.4

Average Blocks (per game)

3.2

Average Assists (per game)
“As a high school player, Flory changes the way you have to play as much as any player we have ever faced. He completely takes attacking the basket away from your team. At the other end of the floor, you simply cannot allow him to move freely to the rim because if he can get any space, he will just play over your head.”
Mark Rinehart
Head Coach - head coach of Harrison (West Lafayette) High

Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-10, 225-pound senior center averaged 19.0 points and 12.9 rebounds per game this past season, leading the Wildkats (25-4) to the Class 4A regional title game. Bidunga also averaged 4.4 blocks and 3.2 assists while connecting on a remarkable 81.4 percent of his field-goal attempts (236-of-290). Ranked as the nation’s No. 6 recruit in the Class of 2024 by ESPN, he concluded his prep basketball career with 1,609 points and 1,132 rebounds.

Academic Achievement

Bidunga has maintained a 3.48 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Kansas University this fall.

Exemplary Character

Bidunga has volunteered locally as part of multiple fundraising campaigns on behalf of the Haitian Environmental Support Program. He has also donated his time as a youth basketball coach.