Congrats to the following BLITZ Boys Basketball Player of the Year Nominees.

WHERE DO NOMINATIONS COME FROM? Head coaches. We ask coaches to send their top players (anywhere from 2-5) as a nominee. In the event we didn’t receive anything from a coach, we went with that team’s top All-Region players. We did this for both Stephens County and Jefferson.

WHAT’S NEXT? We will take this list of nominees and drop it down to a finalist group. Then the public will get to vote on the LAST FINALIST that is not in our original finalist group.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Mason Adams – Banks County SR G #5

STATS: 14.4 PTS, 5.5 REB, 3.6 AST, 2 STL, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Huey Blalock – Rabun County FR PG #3

STATS: 8.0 PTS, 6.5 AST, 3.0 REB, 1.5 STL, 3 A/TO, 8-A DI All-Region

Jaden Butts – Jefferson JR G #45

STATS: Region 8-AAAAA All-Region

Hunter Cooper – Lumpkin County SR G #3

STATS: 10.6 PTS, 4.0 REB, 1.1 STL, 7-AAA 3rd Team All-Region

Jude Ellis – Union County SO G #13

STATS: 13.0 PTS, 3.0 AST, 3.0 REB, 8-AA All-Region Honorable Mention All-Region

Cal Faulkner – Lumpkin County SO G #0

STATS: 21.0 PTS, 3.7 REB, 2.8 AST, 1.1 STL, 7-AAA 1st Team All-Region, Kelly King Classic All-Tournament Team, Single-game school record 49 pts vs Lakeview

Zane Floyd – Towns County JR G #22

STATS: 18.0 PTS, 6.0 REB, 3.7 AST, 2.3 STL, 1.0 BLK, Region 8-A DII POY

Brannon Gaines – Habersham Central JR G #4

STATS: 6.6 PTS, 3.7 REB, 3.9 AST, 1.5 STL, Region 8-AAAAAA Honorable Mention

Cole Gary – Habersham Central SR G #10

STATS: 9.7 PTS, 3.3 REB, 1.0 AST, 0.9 STL, Region 8-AAAAAA Honorable Mention

Willie Goodwyn – Rabun County JR F #23

STATS: 13.5 PTS, 10.1 REB, 1.5 STL, 1.5 BLK, 8-A DI Honorable Mention

Anfernee Hanna – Tallulah Falls SR SF #4

STATS: 18.8 PTS, 8.1 REB, 2.7 AST, 1.1 STL, 8-A DI All-Region (3rd straight), 1,204 Career Pts & 620 Career Reb

Trey Harvey – Dawson County JR G #10

STATS: 15.4 PTS, 7.9 REB, 3.1 AST, 2.2 STL, 22 BLK, 7-AAA All-Region

Houston Henry – Union County SO G #2

STATS: 10.0 PTS, 5.0 REB, 5.0 AST, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Jayton Henry – Rabun County SR G #20

STATS: 11.5 PTS, 2.4 REB, 1.4 AST, 1.0 STL, 8-A DI Honorable Mention

Jack Hood – Rabun County JR C #32

STATS: 9.0 PTS, 8.0 REB, 2.0 AST, 8-A DI Honorable Mention

Hayden Hughes – Union County SO F #34

STATS: 12.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 42% 3PT, 92 3PT, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Cam Lacy – Stephens County SR G #3

STATS: Region 8-AAA All-Region

Cayden Lord – Commerce SR G #11

STATS: 11.0 PTS, 3.5 REB, 70 3PT Made, 8-A DI All-Region

JoJo McCurry – Habersham Central SO C #23

STATS: 10.4 PTS, 9.6 REB, 1.2 AST, 0.7 STL, Region 8-AAAAAA All-Region

Jackson Morris – Commerce SR PG #4

STATS: 18.9 PTS, 6.2 REB, 5.0 AST, 2.3 STL, Region 8-A DI POY, 1,441 Career Pts, 443 Career Reb, 400 Career Ast, 200 Career Stl

Brighton Paul – Habersham Central JR G #5

STATS: 6.1 PTS, 2.3 REB, 1.2 AST, 1.0 STL

Bryce Pittman – Habersham Central SR G #1

STATS: 15.4 PTS, 5.4 REB, 2.0 AST, 2.8 STL, Region 8-AAAAAA All-Region

Caden Reed – Dawson County JR G #2

STATS: 16.9 PTS, 3.8 REB, 2.1 AST, 0.8 STL, 76% FT, 12 Charges Taken, 7-AAA All-Region

Corey Richie – Stephens County SR G #2

STATS: Region 8-AAA All-Region

Aaron Scott – Banks County JR G #0

STATS: 12.8 PTS, 7.2 REB, 3.6 AST, 3.5 STL, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Eli Underwood – Union County SR F #32

STATS: 15.0 PTS, 13.0 REB, 53% FG, 65% FT, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Kolby Watson – Banks County SO F #10

STATS: 15.6 PTS, 3.7 REB, 8-AA 1st Team All-Region

Cooper Welch – Rabun County JR G #14

STATS: 14.2 PTS, 6.1 REB, 4.0 AST, 1.5 STL, 1.0 BLK, 8-A DI All-Region

Jadon Yeh – White County SR G #14

STATS: 24.4 PTS, 6.8 REB, 3.7 AST, 1.9 STL, 0.5 BLK, 57% 2PT FG, 38% 3PT, 91% FT, Region 7-AAA POY (B2B), White County’s #2 all-time scoring leader (Career: 1,836 PTS, 536 REB, 308 AST, 199 STL, 101 GS)

Hunter Youngblood – Banks County SO G #24

STATS: 10.0 PTS, 4.4 REB, 8-AA All-Region Honorable Mention