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Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Vermont

Gatorade Player of the year

Michel Ndayishimiye

Guard
RICE MEMORIAL HS
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

29.6

Points per game

5.9

Rebounds per game

5.8

Assists per game
“Michel is the most dynamic scorer I’ve seen in Vermont high school basketball. He’s explosive, elusive and creative with the ball in his hands, and he has amazing body control around the rim. He’s very good as a pure shooter too, with range legitimately out to 25 feet.”
Michael Osborne
Head Coach head coach at Champlain Valley Union High

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 170-pound senior guard led the Green Knights to a 10-0 record and the Division 1 state championship this past season. Ndayishimiye averaged 29.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. A three-time First Team All-State selection, he was named Mr. Basketball by the Burlington Free Press each of the past two years.

Academic Achievement

Ndayishimiye 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 Vermont this fall.

Exemplary Character

Ndayishimiye has volunteered locally on behalf of Boys and Girls Club of Burlington.