Here are the coaches’ rankings of the top boys basketball players in Kentucky. Every coach in the state was given a ballot. A total of 65 responded. First-place votes in parentheses.
Player | School | Ht. | Yr. | PPG | College choice |
1. Taveion Hollingsworth (46) | Paul Dunbar | 6-2 | Sr. | 21.0 | Western Kentucky |
2. Tony Jackson (1) | North Hardin | 6-4 | Sr. | 20.1 | Coastal Carolina |
3. Jaylen Sebree (6) | Christian County | 6-6 | Sr. | 12.5 | Coastal Carolina |
4. Tavin Lovan (3) | Franklin-Simpson | 6-4 | Sr. | 26.3 | N/A |
5. Cole VonHandorf (1) | Covington Catholic | 6-1 | Sr. | 16.9 | Fairmont State |
6. Terry Taylor | Bowling Green | 6-6 | Sr. | 15.3 | Austin Peay |
7. Tray Hollowell (1) | University Heights | 6-2 | Sr. | 25.7 | N/A |
8. Peyton Broughton (1) | North Laurel | 6-4 | Sr. | 22.5 | Eastern Kentucky |
9. Chris Vogt | Graves County | 6-11 | Sr. | 17.0 | Northern Kentucky |
10. Trevon Faulkner | Mercer County | 6-4 | Jr. | 18.6 | N/A |
11. Pedro Bradshaw | Russellville | 6-7 | Sr. | 21.1 | Belmont |
12. Trey Hill (1) | Pleasure Ridge Park | 6-4 | Jr. | 10.3 | N/A |
13. Trace Young | North Hardin | 6-9 | Sr. | 8.4* | N/A |
14. Michael Moreno | Scott County | 6-6 | So. | 14.6 | N/A |
15. Luke Johnson | Lexington Catholic | 6-3 | Sr. | 23.2 | Loyola (Maryland) |
16. Chance Moore | Fern Creek | 6-6 | Sr. | 13.2# | N/A |
17. Kyle Rode | Lexington Christian | 6-6 | So. | 17.8 | N/A |
18. Jacob King | Trinity | 5-10 | Sr. | 14.2 | Campbellsville |
19. KyKy Tandy | University Heights | 6-2 | So. | 26.4 | N/A |
20. De’Von Cooper (2) | Waggener | 6-3 | Sr. | 7.0@ | N/A |
21. Steven Fitzgerald | Pulaski County | 6-5 | Jr. | 22.8$ | N/A |
22. Anthony Mathis | Kentucky Country Day | 6-1 | Sr. | 21.3 | Navy |
23. Sean McNeil | Cooper | 6-4 | Sr. | 16.1 | Bellarmine |
24. Jaylon Hall | Doss | 6-4 | Sr. | 10.3 | N/A |
25. Jake Ohmer | Scott | 6-0 | Sr. | 26.3 | N/A |
* – Young played at Huntington (West Virginia) Prep last season and is ineligible at North Hardin until Dec. 22.
# – Moore played at Eastern High School last season and is eligible at Fern Creek.
@ – Cooper played at Henderson (Nevada) Findlay Prep last season and is currently ineligible at Waggener.
$ – Fitzgerald played at Southwestern High School last season and is eligible at Pulaski County.