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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Basketball - Connecticut

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BOYS BASKETBALL

Tyler Betsey

Forward
ST. THOMAS MORE SCHOOL
OAKDALE, CONNECTICUT
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-8
Press Release

Peak Performance

23.1

Average Points (per game)

6

Average Rebounds (per game)

3.1

Average Assists (per game)
“He’s the most improved player we saw this year. Everything they did revolved around him and his game has really evolved. He can put the ball on the floor, drive and defend. He does a lot of different things well.”
Jamie Sullivan
Head Coach - head coach of Worcester Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Player of the Year, the 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior wing averaged 23.1 points and six rebounds per game this past season, leading the Chancellors (29-9) to a berth in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class AAA championship game. Betsey also averaged 3.1 assists per game and sank 84 percent of his free throw attempts. A First Team NEPSAC Class AAA selection, Betsey is ranked as the nation’s No. 57 recruit in the Class of 2024 by ESPN.

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Academic Achievement

Betsey has maintained an A average in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at the University of Cincinnati this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Betsey has volunteered locally at a Hartford-area soup kitchen and by organizing a school backpack drive in his hometown of Windsor.