Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Maine

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Pierce Walston

Guard
ORONO HS
ORONO, MAINE
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

17.8

Average Points (per game)

6.8

Average Assists (per game)

6.3

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.4

Average Steals (per game)
“In my nearly 40 years of coaching both high school and collegiately, I have not seen another young person exhibit more growth as a person and player. He has become an expert at dissecting opposing defenses. Though he is our primary ball-handler and the director of our offense, he normally draws a tough defensive assignment against one of our opponent’s top scorers. There is no one on our team whose role is more extensive or demanding.”
Ed Kohtala
Head Coach - head coach of Orono high
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot, 165-pound senior guard averaged 17.8 points and 6.8 assists this past season, leading the Red Riots (19-3) to the Class B state championship. Ranked as the Class of 2024’s No. 15 recruit in Maine by the New England Recruiting Report, Walston also averaged 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game. A two-time state champion, he was named the Class B state tournament MVP and was a semifinalist for Maine’s Mr. Basketball award.

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Academic Achievement

Walston has maintained an A average in the classroom. Having already committed to joining the Air National Guard, he remains undecided upon a collegiate destination.

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Exemplary Character

Walston has volunteered locally with the Riot Buddies, a school program for high school upperclassmen to mentor middle schoolers, and has donated his time as a youth basketball coach.