BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball 2021 signee Zion Harmon was one of 50 players nationally named Thursday to the watch list for the 2021 Jersey Mike's Naismith High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year award.
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The Atlanta Tipoff Club will narrow the list to 25 high school boys players on the midseason team, which will be released on Jan. 14. The winner will be announced in March.
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Harmon, a 5-foot-11 in-state guard, signed with the Hilltoppers on Wednesday. He's considered one of the top contenders for Kentucky's 2021 Mr. Basketball Award and an All-American candidate.
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Harmon averaged 25.4 points, 5.2 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals as a junior at Marshall County High School in 2019-20. The consensus four-star recruit is ranked as the 20th-best prospect in the country and No. 4 at his position by ESPN.
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Harmon ranked sixth in the state of Kentucky in scoring as a junior, as well as ninth in 3-pointers made (95) and free-throw percentage (84.5). He helped Marshall County finish 23-11 and reach the First Region Tournament championship game.
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The first-team All-State selection also received the honor as a freshman at Adair County High School, where he was named 2018 MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year. He averaged 32.7 points, 7.8 assists and 3.4 rebounds for Adair County.
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Before that, he won a state championship in 2017 as an eighth-grader at Bowling Green High School. Harmon averaged 16.8 points in helping the Purples to a 36-2 record, including 18 points and the game-winner in the title game.
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Harmon has also competed for USA Basketball in recent years, winning a gold medal with the 2017 USA Men's U16 National Team in the FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
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