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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Florida

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Jaloni Cambridge

Guard
MONTVERDE ACADEMY
MONTVERDE, FLORIDA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

21.8

Average Points (per game)

9.4

Average Assists (per game)

7.3

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.6

Average Steals (per game)
“Jaloni is a fierce competitor—she embodies all of the characteristics of a champion. I think she’s the best and most impactful player in the nation.”
Matt Shewmake
Head Coach - head coach of Montverde Academy
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 5-foot-7 senior guard had led the Eagles to a 21-4 record and a berth in the Chipotle Nationals tournament. Cambridge averaged 21.8 points, 9.4 assists, 7.3 rebounds and 3.6 steals through 25 games. Ranked as the nation’s No.3 recruit in the Class of 2024 by espnW, she is a McDonald’s All-American Game selection. Also the 2022-23 Tennessee Gatorade State Player of the Year, she is a 2024 USA Basketball Nike Hoop Summit Team invitee and a Naismith Award finalist.

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Academic Achievement

Cambridge has maintained a 3.10 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at The Ohio State University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Cambridge has volunteered locally cleaning up the Montverde gym after games and she’s an active member of her church community in her native Nashville.