Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Georgia

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Isaiah Collier

Guard
WHEELER HS
MARIETTA, GEORGIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

20.2

Average Points (per game)

5.100

Average Rebounds (per game)

6.8

Average Assists (per game)

2.300

Average Steals (per game)
“Collier is the ultimate playmaker who shines when playing out of pick-and-rolls. He reads the floor and has excellent passing vision. A willing and accurate passer who now is dependable from deep, he’s special because he creates endless scoring opportunities for his teammates and, at the same time, can score big on his own when needed.”
Paul Biancardi
National Recruiting Director for ESPN
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard had led the Wildcats to a 25-6 record and a berth in the Class AAAAAAA state championship game. Collier averaged 20.2 points, 6.8 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals through 31 games. A McDonald’s All-American Game selection, Collier was a Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year finalist. He is ranked as the nation’s No. 3 recruit in the Class of 2023 by ESPN.com.

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Academic Achievement

Collier has maintained a weighted 3.30 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of Southern California this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An active member of Berean Christian Church, Collier has participated in weekly church youth group activities. He has also volunteered locally supporting the homeless on behalf of Operation Feed 100. As a member of Jack and Jill of America, he has donated his time to the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Hands on Atlanta, Inc., The Nicholas House for families in crisis and the “Soles4Souls” shoe drive. In addition, he has participated in numerous community service projects to assist families with food insecurities, including Free99Fridge and the Senior Teen campaign to eradicate teenage hunger, as well as serving as part of initiatives to paint the interior of E.L. Miller Elementary and to build a vegetable garden at Mary McCloud Bethune Cookman Middle School. He has also assisted in the home care of his aging grandparents. He has established himself as the best passer in the 2023 class.