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Gatorade 2016 - 2017: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - District Of Columbia

Gatorade Player of the year

Luka Garza

Power forward/Center
MARET SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

24.6

Points Per Game

11.7

Rebounds Per Game

2.5

Blocks Per Game

1.100

Assists Per Game
“Luka is a very skilled forward that was able to score in a variety of ways this season. He scored around the basket and on the perimeter. Luka has great skills and hands for a 6-11 post player.”
Kevin Jones
Head Coach

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-11, 230-pound senior power forward and center averaged 24.6 points, 11.7 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.1 assists this past season, leading the Frogs (26-5) to both the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference and DCSAA tournament championship games. Garza averaged 33.3 points and 16.0 rebounds in the DCSAA tournament and dropped 37 points and 17 rebounds in a 77-66 loss to Gonzaga College High in the title game. He is a McDonald's All-American Game nominee and rated as the nation's No. 100 recruit in the Class of 2017 by ESPN.com.

Academic Achievement

Garza has maintained a B average in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of Iowa beginning this fall.

Exemplary Character

A viola player in the school band, Garza has volunteered locally as a youth tutor and basketball camp counselor. "Luka is a very skilled forward that was able to score in a variety of ways this season," said Kevin Jones, head coach of St. Andrew's Episcopal School. "He scored around the basket and on the perimeter. Luka has great skills and hands for a 6-11 post player."