2024 Names You''ll Learn This Year (Part 2)

With the high school season fast approaching, we are taking a look at some of the young guns in the state that are ready to become household names in the 2024 class. While there’s already quite a few that you know, here’s a look at part two of some of the sophomores you’ll get to know this year. Dom Bailey | 6’2” SG | John Marshall <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Bailey-Dom.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1180285" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Bailey-Dom-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Bailey is the type of player that real basketball heads love as he is a gritty and tough minded player that brings great energy to his team, and is one of the top perimeter defenders in the state regardless of class. He’s a dog who showed even as a freshman he will guard the other team’s best player, he has great instincts as a charge taker and moves his feet well and he will get in your face and make things very uncomfortable for the duration of the game. Offensively he’s a Swiss-army knife that can stick it from deep, rebounds well and makes the hustle plays and has good feel and passing ability for his position too. [player_tooltip player_id="1259634" first="Gavin" last="Cormany"] | 6’1” WG | Radford <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Cormany-Gavin.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1162769" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Cormany-Gavin-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Radford always produces some of the top players in the SWVA area, and Cormany is the next up in a talented young core they have. The son of Head Coach Rick Cormany and brother of Navy freshman [player_tooltip player_id="798739" first="Cam" last="Cormany"], Gavin is ready to make a name for himself as one of the top shooters in the area regardless of class and he has great feel and is a natural leader on and off the court. He is extremely efficient from deep as he picks his spots and has deep range, he can play on and off the basketball and he brings toughness on both ends of the floor. [player_tooltip player_id="1259670" first="CJ" last="Parker"] | 6’6” F | Maury Parker is one of the most intriguing prospects in the 757 with his blend of size and skill, as he is a very versatile game that makes him a walking mismatch and he still has room to get better on both ends. At 6’6” he’s long and a fluid athlete that can play in transition, he has good ball skills on the perimeter as he can put it on the deck and make shots from deep and he can post up smaller forwards and score in the paint as well. [player_tooltip player_id="1260037" first="Jonavan" last="Coles"] | 5’11” PG | Chatham Coles is from a smaller area so not many people know about him, but he made a splash this summer playing for TBT Warriors 16U in a number of Big Shots and other events with his dynamic scoring ability. The 5’11” guard is lightning quick off the bounce and lives in the lane, he’s an athletic finisher who can play above the rim when he gets downhill and he can score it from all over the floor off the bounce and off the catch. [player_tooltip player_id="1259624" first="Chance" last="Mallory"] | 5’7” PG | STAB <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Chance-Mallory.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1172184" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Chance-Mallory-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> Mallory has been a starter on STAB since midway through his eighth grade season, and while he’s small and may not look the part he can flat out fill it up and doesn’t back down from anyone. He’s a big time shooter with effortless range out past the NBA line, he can handle and make plays for others and he has great instincts on both ends and rarely makes mistakes when he’s on the floor. [player_tooltip player_id="1259672" first="EJ" last="Joyner"] | 5’9” PG | Peninsula Catholic Joyner is already considered one of the top young prospects in the 757 and holds a handful of division one offers already, and the son of Hampton University’s Head Coach Buck Joyner is set to blow up in the TCIS after transferring to Peninsula Catholic. He’s extremely shifty and quick off the bounce, he has a great handle and can create in isolation and pick-and-roll situations and he can score it in bunches in a number of ways and make plays for others with his feel and vision too.