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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - New York

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BOYS BASKETBALL

VJ Edgecombe

Wing
LONG ISLAND LUTHERAN HS
BROOKVILLE, NEW YORK
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

17.3

Average Points (per game)

6

Average Rebounds (per game)

4

Average Assists (per game)

2.3

Average Steals (per game)
“We’ve had the pleasure of playing against VJ and watching him play over the last few years,. He’s the best player in New York state that I’ve seen in my 16 years of coaching. He’s a pro-level athlete who shoots the ball at a high rate. He does all of this while letting the game come to him and sharing the ball with his teammates.”
Dan Feeney
Head Coach - head coach of Chaminade High
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior wing had led the Crusaders to a 21-4 record and a berth in the Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals. The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, Edgecombe averaged 17.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.1 blocks through 25 games. A McDonald’s All-American Game selection, he was named to Team World for the Nike Hoop Summit in April. He’s ranked as the nation’s No. 5 recruit in the Class of 2024 by ESPN.

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Academic Achievement

Edgecombe has maintained an A-minus average in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Baylor University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Edgecombe has been an active member of his church in the Bahamas and he volunteered locally as a youth basketball coach.