Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Indiana

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Fletcher Loyer

Guard
HOMESTEAD HS
FORT WAYNE , INDIANA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

26.9

Points per Game (average)

5.4

Rebounds per Game (average)

2.2

Steals per Game (average)

3.6

Assists per Game (average)
“Fletcher is a competitor—that’s what makes him special. The number of times I have seen him do the little things to win basketball games—diving on the floor, taking charges, screening to get teammates open, rebounding. He plays with heart, and that is what impressed me most.”
Phil Brackmann
Head Coach - head coach of Concordia Lutheran High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 170-pound senior guard had led the Spartans to a 22-5 record and a berth in the Class 4A regional semifinals at the time of his selection. Loyer averaged 26.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.2 steals per game through 27 games. A 2021 Junior All-Star, he is the younger brother of Foster Loyer, the 2017-18 Gatorade Michigan Boys Basketball Player of the Year. He entered the regional semifinals with 2,136 points in his prep basketball career.

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Academic Achievement

Loyer has maintained a weighted 3.78 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Purdue University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A Student Section Leader at Homestead High, Loyer has volunteered locally as a youth basketball coach, and he has donated his time to multiple community service initiatives through his church youth group.