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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Arizona

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Koa Peat

Forward
PERRY HS
GILBERT, ARIZONA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

20.5

Average Points (per game)

10.6

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.4

Average Assists (per game)

2.200

Average Blocks (per game)
“Koa has a chance to be in the same conversation as [Arizona high school greats and NBA standouts] Mike Bibby and Richard Jefferson one day. As of right now, I believe he’s on course to have the greatest high school career of anybody in the history of the state.”
Justin Collard
Head Coach - head coach of Boulder Creek High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-8, 225-pound junior forward led the Pumas to a 24-6 record and a second-straight Open State Tournament championship this past season. Peat averaged 20.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.2 blocks and 1.0 steals per game, recording 21 points, 15 boards and five assists in Perry’s 71-67 win over Millennium High in the state final. Ranked as the nation’s No. 4 recruit in the Class of 2025 by 247Sports, he concluded his junior year with 1,649 points in his prep basketball career.

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Academic Achievement

Peat has maintained a weighted 3.59 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Peat has volunteered locally on the Gila River Indian Community reservation with the Komatke Branch of the Boys and Girls Club. He has also donated his time as a youth basketball and football coach in addition to sponsoring multiple families for Christmas tree and toy drives.