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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Massachusetts

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Jaylen Harrell

Wing
CATS ACADEMY
BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

22.1

Average Points (per game)

8.5

Average Rebounds (per game)

7.2

Average Assists (per game)
“He had them playing at a high level. He reminds me of (former Celtics player) Antoine Walker. He can go inside, outside, has a good body and plays a physical style. He has performed well against the best teams, and that’s what I look at.”
Jeff Gore
Head Coach - Brewster Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-6, 200-pound senior wing led the Griffins to a 28-7 record and a runner-up finish in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class AA tournament this past season. Harrell averaged 22.1 points. 8.5 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. The 2023-24 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year, he was a two-time First Team Class AA selection and a First Team All-New England Basketball League selection this winter. He is ranked as the No. 85 prospect in the Class of 2025 by 247Sports and New England’s No. 4 prospect in the Class of 2025 by the New England Recruiting Report.

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Academic Achievement

Harrell has maintained a B average in the classroom. He has signed a written letter of athletic aid to play basketball at Providence College this fall. 

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Exemplary Character

Harrell has volunteered locally at the Tobin Community Center in Roxbury.