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Sydney Bowles

Guard/Forward
WOODWARD ACADEMY
COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

21

Points per Game (average)

4.600

Assists per Game (average)

7

Rebounds per Game (average)

3

Steals per Game (average)
“Sydney has improved tremendously every year. She seems to add more to her skill set, which makes guarding her a long night.”
Kiesha Brown
Head Coach - head coach of Galloway High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot senior guard and forward had led the War Eagles to a 27-2 record and a berth in the Class AAAAA state semifinals at the time of her selection. Bowles averaged 21.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 3.0 steals per game through 29 games. The 2021 Class 5A Player of the Year, she is ranked as the nation’s No. 17 recruit by PrepGirlsHoops.com. She entered the state semifinals with 2,402 points and 935 rebounds in her prep basketball career.

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Academic Achievement

Bowles has maintained a weighted 4.23 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of Georgia this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the Woodward Academy Honors Council, Bowles has volunteered locally with Open Hands Atlanta to combat nutrition-sensitive chronic disease and as a youth basketball coach.