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Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Alaska

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Stewart Erhart

Guard
WEST VALLEY HS
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

21.2

Average Points (per game)

7.3

Average Rebounds (per game)

4

Average Assists (per game)

5.3

Average Steals (per game)
“Erhart is the reigning Gatorade Player of the Year and has only gotten better. He’s the engine of that West Valley team. Stewart gets it done on both ends of the floor and is a much improved outside shooter.”
Travis Church
Head Coach - North Pole head coach
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-2, 165-pound senior guard had led the Wolfpack to a 22-1 record in Alaska’s 4A division and a berth in the Mid-Alaska Conference tournament. Erhart averaged 21.2 points, 7.3 rebounds, 5.3 steals and 4.0 assists through 23 games. He is also the state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year winner. 

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Academic Achievement

Erhart has maintained a B average in the classroom. He remains undecided upon a collegiate destination. 

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Exemplary Character

Selected as a Fairbanks Native Association Johnson O’Malley Program basketball leadership student, Erhart has participated in the O’Malley Native Youth Basketball Tournament as a facilitator. Erhart’s family operates a fourth-generation sprint dog mushing company and he has both worked and raced for the family business.