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Class players of the year Sharife Cooper (Juniors), Patrick Baldwin Jr. (Sophomores) and Emoni Bates (Freshmen) headline the 2018-19 Underclass All-American team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seven juniors named to the 25th Annual All-American Elite Team<\/a> headline a group of 67 elite players selected to the 2018-19 Underclass All-American team<\/strong> powered by ballislife.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Point guard Sharife Cooper<\/a> of FAB 50 No. 2<\/a> McEachern (Power Springs, Ga.), this year\u2019s National Junior of the Year, was named to the overall All-American first team. Cooper was a first five selection and last year the top junior was also a first five choice off the nation\u2019s No. 2 ranked team. That player is Vernon Carey Jr.<\/strong> of University School (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), who made third five on our performance-based club this season. Prior to Cooper and Carey, DeAndre Ayton<\/a> of Hillcrest Academy (Phoenix, Ariz.) in 2015-16 was the last junior to be considered among the nation\u2019s five best players.<\/p>\n

Two juniors were honored as fourth five selections: Forward Jalen Johnson<\/a> of FAB 50 No. 24 Nicolet (Glendale, Wis.) and big man Evan Mobley<\/a> of FAB 50 No. 39 Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.). Johnson was the Wisconsin A.P. State Player of the Year for the WIAA D2 state champs. Mobley had a breakout junior season and was a finalist for Cal-Hi Sports<\/em> Mr. Basketball along with second team All-American choice Jalen Green<\/a> of San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno, Calif.), fellow fourth teamer Cassius Stanley<\/a> of FAB 50 No. 9 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) and eventual honoree and third five choice Onyeka Okongwu<\/a> of Chino Hills (Calif.), a two-time Elite All-American choice.<\/p>\n

No sophomore or freshman was named to the overall first team. The only sophomore to earn first five honors in the last 25 years under the current selection format is NBA superstar LeBron James<\/strong> while at St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) in 2000-01.<\/p>\n

Patrick Baldwin Jr.<\/a>, this year\u2019s National Sophomore of the Year, was the only tenth-grader on the Elite All-American second team. The unofficial runner-up for National Freshman of the Year in 2017-18 to fellow Wisconsin player and Underclass All-American Michael Foster Jr.<\/strong> of Washington (Milwaukee), this year Baldwin earned the nod after improving his production and game to the point where some feel he\u2019s the best prospect in the national 2021 class. Baldwin joined Foster and Johnson (his travel team running mate on Phenom University) on the A.P. all-state first team and Baldwin is the first ever Wisconsin tenth-grader to earn top billing dating back to the 1974-75 season.<\/p>\n

In 25 years of publishing our annual All-American teams and including our retroactive teams dating back to the 1954-55 season, no freshman has ever been a first team Al-American selection. Emoni Bates<\/a>, a prodigal 6-foot-8 forward with incredible offensive skill from Lincoln (Ypsilanti, Mich.) is this year\u2019s National Freshman of the Year. Bates, who is quickly turning into the poser child as leading the next prep-to-pro generation of talent once the NBA rids of its one-and-done rule, is the third freshman ever to earn All-American acclaim and was given consideration for first team. Marvin Bagley<\/strong> of the NBA\u2019s Sacramento Kings made the second team as a freshman in 2014-15 while at Corona Del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.). The first ninth-grader to receive All-American acclaim was 6-foot-8, 215-pound man child Wayne McKoy<\/strong> of Long Island Lutheran (Brookville, N.Y.) back in 1973-74. McKoy remains high school basketball\u2019s only four-time All-American, as Bagley left for college early after his junior season at Sierra Canyon (Calif.) and played one season at Duke before joining the NBA.<\/p>\n

The nine All-Americans and 58 other underclass honorees all had standout campaigns for their respective high school teams, while others are sure to emerge this summer as bona fide 2019-20 All-America candidates. Nearly every summer on the grassroots circuit, lesser-known commodities eclipse well-known players.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a yearly ritual for some underclass All-Americans to change programs and each year, more players are classifying up in order to speed up the recruiting process or join a class that will be more advantageous to their development.<\/p>\n

Green will spend his senior season at Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) after three seasons at San Joaquin Memorial. Expect more player movement and some more reclassification as the summer rolls on.<\/p>\n

National Grassroots Editor Ronnie Flores selects this performance-based squad with input from Mr. Basketball USA panelists. It is chosen after the conclusion of the season, which makes the Underclass All-American Team more reflective of players who made state championship runs.<\/p>\n

Our national coach of the year is Carl Kremer <\/strong> of Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio).<\/p>\n

Juniors to Watch (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

G \u2014 Adrian \u201cAce\u201d Baldwin, St. Frances (Baltimore, Md.) 5-11
\nF \u2014 Scottie Barnes, University (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) 6-7
\nG \u2014 Reece Beekman, Scotlandville (Baton, Rouge, La.) 6-2
\nF \u2014 Brandon Boston, Norcross (Ga.) 6-6
\nF \u2014 Greg Brown III, Vandegrift (Austin, Texas) 6-7
\nF \u2014 Jaemyn Brakefield, Huntington Prep (Huntington, W.V.) 6-8
\nG \u2014 Josh Christopher, Mayfair (Lakewood, Calif.) 6-4
\nG \u2014 Jalen Cook, Landry Walker (New Orleans, La.) 6-0
\nG \u2014 Sharife Cooper, McEachern (Powder Springs, Ga.) 5-10
\nG \u2014 Cade Cunningham, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) 6-5
\nG \u2014 Andre Curbelo, Long Island Lutheran (Glen Head N. Y.) 6-0
\nC \u2014 N\u2019Faly Dante, Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Air, Kan.) 6-11
\nG \u2014 Jyare Davis, Sanford School (Hockessin, Del.) 6-7
\nG \u2014 Jalen Green, San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno, Calif.) 6-4
\nG \u2014 R.J. Hampton, Little Elm (Texas) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Jalen Johnson, Nicolet (Glendale, Wis.) 6-7
\nF \u2014 Keon Johnson, The Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tenn.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Adam Miller, Morgan Park (Chicago, Ill.) 6-4
\nC \u2014 Evan Mobley, Rancho Christian (Temecula, Calif.) 7-0
\nG \u2014 Ethan Morton, Butler Area (Butler, Pa.) 6-5
\nC \u2014 Day\u2019Ron Sharpe, South Central (Winterville, N.C.) 6-9
\nG \u2014 Jaden Springer, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 6-3
\nG \u2014 D.J. Steward, Whitney Young (Chicago, Ill.) 6-4
\nF \u2014 Julian Strawther, Liberty (Henderson, Nev.) 6-7
\nG \u2014 Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis, Minn.) 6-3
\nG \u2014 Cam Thomas, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) 6-3
\nG \u2014 Bryce Thompson, Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Earl Timberlake, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Kyree Walker, Hillcrest Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Terrence Williams, Gonzaga (Washington, D. C.) 6-6<\/p>\n

2019 National Junior of the Year: Sharife Cooper<\/a><\/strong>
\nWasn\u2019t a difficult choice as this dynamic point guard was the only junior named to the first five on the overall Elite All-American team and was one of four All-Americans to appear on nine of the 10 ballots in the final Mr. Basketball USA Tracker. It\u2019s quite remarkable that Cooper was seriously considered for national player of the year as only three of the game\u2019s all-time greats (LeBron James, Lew Alcindor, Jerry Lucas) have been selected the nation\u2019s best as eleventh-graders. McEachern was simply on a mission this season after coming up short in the playoffs the previous two seasons and Cooper was the catalyst, averaging 28.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 8.2 apg and 4.spg and scoring over 40 points four times for a team that won its first ever GHSA Class 7A crown. He put up those numbers against one of the best schedules in the country while leading McEachern to a 32-0 record and nine wins over FAB 50 ranked clubs and three more against teams that were ranked at the time of the contest. Cooper is the third junior honoree from Georgia dating back to the 1969-70 season, joining Lithonia Miller Grove\u2019s Tony Parker (2011) and Snellville South Gwinnett\u2019s Lou Williams (2004).<\/p>\n

Sophomores to Watch (2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

F \u2014 Trey Alexander, Heritage Hall (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 6-4
\nG \u2014 Devin Askew, Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 6-4
\nF \u2014 Patrick Baldwin Jr., Hamilton (Sussex, Wis.) 6-8
\nC \u2014 Nate Bittle, Crater (Central Point, Ore.) 6-11
\nG \u2014 Kennedy Chandler, Briarcrest Christian (Eads, Tenn.) 6-1
\nF \u2014 Paolo Banchero, O\u2019Dea (Seattle, Wash.) 6-9
\nF \u2014 Max Christie, Rolling Meadows (Rolling Meadows, Ill.) 6-6
\nF \u2014 Terrence Clarke, Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N. H.) 6-6
\nG \u2014 Zaon Collins, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) 6-1
\nG \u2014 Rashool Diggins, Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) 6-1
\nC \u2014 Michael Foster Jr., Washington (Milwaukee, Wis.) 6-9
\nG \u2014 Adrian Griffin Jr., Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, N.Y.) 6-4
\nG \u2014 Jaden Hardy, Coronado (Henderson, Nev.) 6-4
\nG \u2014 Chucky Hepburn, Bellevue West (Bellevue, Neb.) 6-1
\nF \u2014 Daron Holmes, Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.) 6-9
\nF \u2014 Will Jeffress, McDowell (Erie, Pa.) 6-6
\nG \u2014 Jackie Johnson, Wichita Southeast (Wichita, Kan.) 5-10
\nG \u2014 Trevor Keels, Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Harrison Ingram, St. Mark\u2019s (Dallas, Texas) 6-6
\nG \u2014 Langston Love, Steele (Cibolo, Texas) 6-4
\nG \u2014 Carson McCorkle, Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N. C.) 6-4
\nF \u2014 Aminu Mohammed, Greenwood Laboratory (Springfield, Mo.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Jonathan Kuminga, Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) 6-8
\nF \u2014 Trey Patterson, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, N.J.) 6-7
\nG \u2014 Daeshon Ruffin, Callaway (Jackson, Miss.) 5-9<\/p>\n

2019 National Sophomore of the Year: Patrick Baldwin Jr.<\/a><\/strong>
\nLast season Michael Foster Jr. edged Baldwin as the honoree among freshmen, but this time around the skilled wing forward gets the nod. Both are considered among the top prospects nationally in the 2021 class and are part of a terrific group of talented underclassmen in Wisconsin. In fact, some recruiting experts consider Baldwin the nation\u2019s No. 1 recruit in the class. He followed up a terrific freshman campaign where he averaged 16 ppg and 5.4 rpg with averages of 18.4 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 3.1 apg for a 24-5 club that advanced to the WIAA D1 quarterfinals. Along the way, Foster was named a first team A.P. all-state selection, which only had one senior chosen among the first five. In 2017-18, Foster was the first freshman ever from Wisconsin to earn top billing among first-year players and this season the son of UW-Milwaukee coach Patrick Baldwin is the first ever among tenth-graders dating back to the 1974-1975 season.<\/p>\n

Freshmen to Watch (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n

F \u2014 Emoni Bates, Lincoln (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 6-8
\nG \u2014 Jameel \u201cMilzy\u201d Brown, Haverford School (Haverford, Pa.) 6-1
\nG \u2014 Zion Cruz, Hudson Catholic (Hudson, N.J.) 6-3
\nC \u2014 Jalen Duren, Roman Catholic (Philadelphia, Pa.) 6-9
\nG \u2014 Bryce Griggs, Fort Bend Hightower (Missouri City, Texas) 6-1
\nG \u2014 Ricky \u201cPop Pop\u201d Isaacs Jr., Coronado (Henderson, Nev.) 6-1
\nG \u2014 Chris Livingston, Buchtel (Akron, Ohio) 6-5
\nG \u2014 Knasir \u201cDug\u201d McDaniel, Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.) 5-9
\nF \u2014 Tai Manning, Grandview (Mo.) 6-6
\nF \u2014 Mark Mitchell, Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) 6-6
\nG \u2014 M.J. Rice, Durham Academy (Durham, N.C.) 6-5
\nF \u2014 Jarace Walker, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) 6-6<\/p>\n

2019 National Freshman of the Year: Emoni Bates<\/a>
\n<\/strong>This year produced another bumper crop of first-year players, but it didn\u2019t take long to peg the 6-foot-8 forward with a sweet shooting touch as the best of the lot. In fact, Bates was so impressive in leading Lincoln to the MHSAA D1 state title he was named D1 state player of the year by the Associated Press and Gatorade State Player of the Year. Bates led Lincoln to the D1 state crown by scoring 23 points in a 64-62 victory over University of Detroit Jesuit, but it was senior Jalen Fisher that hit the game-winning jumper at the buzzer. It\u2019s pretty safe to say Lincoln wouldn\u2019t have been in position to win a state crown without its top shelf first-year player, as Bates had 31 points and 14 rebounds in a 72-56 state semifinal win over Howell and hit two game-winning post-season shots. For the season, Bates averaged 28.7 points and 10.2 rebounds. He\u2019s not only considered the best player in the class of 2022 at this stage, he\u2019s already considered one of the best long-term prospects in all of high school basketball and a candidate to turn pro out of high school should the NBA end the one-and-done era that has been in place since 2006. Bates is Michigan\u2019s first freshman honoree since Marcus Taylor of Waverly (Lansing, Mich.) for the 1996-97 season and rivals 1988 honoree Chris Webber (Detroit Country Day) as the best freshman the state of Michigan has ever produced.<\/p>\n

National Coach of the Year:<\/strong> Carl Kremer, Moeller (Cincinnati, Ohio)<\/p>\n

Related:<\/strong> 2018-19 All-American Elite Team<\/a> | 2018-19 Mr. Basketball USA: Isaiah Stewart<\/a><\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> ESPN selections 2010-2012; EA SPORTS selections 2003-2009; Student Sports selections prior to 2003; Selections are based on high school accomplishment, not future college\/pro potential, and are reflective of those that lead their teams to state championships. The editors of Ballislife.com do not knowingly select fifth-year players, and those ineligible due to age or academics, Mr. Basketball USA or to its various All-American teams.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Flores is the national Grassroots editor of Ballislife.com. He can be reached at <\/em>ronlocc1977@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>. Don't forget to follow him on Twitter: <\/em>@RonMFlores<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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