Gatorade 2017 - 2018: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - New York

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Joe Girard III

Guard
GLENS FALLS HS
GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

50

Points Per Game

7

Rebounds Per Game

6

Assists Per Game
“Girard doesn’t have any weaknesses. He’s deadly off the bounce and he has range to 30 feet. He’s mentally and physically tough, and he’s improved as an athlete every year. It’s scary to think that he’s only a junior.”
Doug Fraser
Head Coach at Queensbury High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior guard led the Indians to a 20-3 record and the sectional semifinals this past season. Girard averaged 50.0 points, seven rebounds and six assists per game and shattered the state career scoring record—he will enter his senior season with 3,306 total points. A two-time First Team All-State honoree, he was also the Albany Times Union Player of the Year, the Foothills Council League MVP and a MaxPreps Second Team Sophomore All-American.

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Academic Achievement

Girard has maintained an A-minus average in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Also a football standout, Girard has served as an elementary school mentor and has volunteered locally on behalf of a soup kitchen, clothing donation drives and youth sports programs.