Valor Prep Team Camp Standout Players: Part I

<p><em>This will be a two--part series with more looks at Hillwood and Rhea County in the second feature.</em></p> <p>June is a time of rebirth and renewal in high school basketball.  Old rosters become new.  Proven powers need to re-establish their dominance and find the next generation of talent, while formerly poor programs get to see if hope is finally warranted.  Is there a new guy worth pinning hopes to?  </p> <p>Many varsity teams competed at Valor Prep's Team Camp.  Which teams impressed?  Any players enhance their reputation?  </p> <h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Valor Prep Team Camp Schedule</span></h4> <p>Valor vs. Knowledge Academies<br /> Hillwood vs. KIPP<br /> Valor vs. RePublic<br /> Knowledge Academies vs. Hillwood<br /> KIPP vs. FCA<br /> STEM vs. RePublic<br /> STEM vs. FCA<br /> RePublic vs. Valor JV</p> <p>Valor vs. Glencliff<br /> KIPP vs. Knowledge Academies<br /> Valor vs. Rhea County<br /> <em>Glencliff vs. KIPP</em><br /> Hillwood vs. Rhea County<br /> Rhea County JV vs. FCA<br /> Rhea County vs. STEM<br /> Rhea County JV vs. Hillwood<br /> STEM vs. Rhea County</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Partial Rosters (Starters*)</span></strong></p> <p><strong>Glencliff</strong></p> <p>#2 G D'azjon Dowell (2024)<br /> #3 Kenneth Gleaves (2026)<br /> Dylan Thomason (2023) DNP<br /> #4 G [player_tooltip player_id="1386326" first="Eric" last="Thomason"] (2024)<br /> [player_tooltip player_id="1129854" first="Damon" last="McBride"] (2023) DNP<br /> #10 Abera Amosa (2023)<br /> #23 Collin Thomason (2023)<br /> #24 Shemar Lawrence (2023)<br /> #25 Victor Littleton (2024)<br /> #32 Arnet Cotton (2024)</p> <p><strong>Knowledge Academies</strong></p> <table class="Table__StyledTable-sc-1tnh224-2 hqZFLc" style="width: 43.2049%; height: 622px;"> <tbody> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">0</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Antonio Clark</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">F • 2023</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">1</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Edarius Waters</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SF, PF • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">2</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Chris Aveary</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">PG, SG • 2025.</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">3</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Cedric Lewis, Jr.</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">G • 2025</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 41px;"> <td style="height: 41px; width: 8.89831%;">4</td> <td style="height: 41px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 41px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Hughes Nsumbu</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">PG • 2023</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">4</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Devin Johnson </span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">G • Fr.</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">4</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Abdi sheikh</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SG, SF • Fr.</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">5</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Sylvainus Cole IV</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SG • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">10</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Mohamed Sheikh</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">G • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">11</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Christian Dixon</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">F, C • So. • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">15</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Canaan Hall</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SG • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">21</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">[player_tooltip player_id="1262812" first="Carson" last="Badgett"]<span class="TeamMainCell__StyledBadge-sc-vrm3bi-0 kkZhyX f14_tall">C</span></span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SG, SF • 2023</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">24</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Kevin Sehasat</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">SG, W • 2024 • 5' 11" • 132 lbs</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">34</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Isaac Agustin</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">C • 2023</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 40px;"> <td style="height: 40px; width: 8.89831%;">42</td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 40px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Tony Davis</span> <div class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 doAyHc f14_tall">PG, SG • 2024</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr class="" style="height: 21px;"> <td style="height: 21px; width: 8.89831%;">55</td> <td style="height: 21px; width: 4.23729%;"> <div class="Mugshot__StyledAvatarWrapper-sc-19micve-0 erGZQj photo-or-avatar"> </div> </td> <td style="height: 21px; width: 88.9831%;"> <div class="TeamMainCell__StyledTeamMainCell-sc-vrm3bi-1 jLCNLn"><span class="StyledText-sc-yyz0ad-0 jDNAvb f16_bold_tall">Cameron Dixon</span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Hillwood Starters</strong></span><br /> #2 Chris Aveary* (2025)<br /> #30<br /> #10 Mohamed Sheikh* (2024)<br /> #24 Kevin Sehasat* (2024)<br /> #20 [player_tooltip player_id="1262812" first="Carson" last="Badgett"]* (2023)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1262812" first="Carson" last="Badgett"]</strong> (Knowledge Academy)</p> <p>Of the Knowledge Academy team, Carson is absolutely the alpha-dog. He glides around the floor with a future-college player swagger and ease.  His mobility is good and he is explosive enough to create off-the-dribble. Carson's ceiling is probably Division II.  He will certainly score 18 ppg this year for a decent team, but college coaches will have difficulty making a sound evaluation of his high school games, because frankly the competition is pretty weak.  Carson looks capable of having his way with that district.</p> <p>https://prephoops.com/2022/06/summer-camp-knox-webb-versus-stone-memorial/</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1262490" first="Cooper" last="Johnson"]</strong> (Valor Prep)</p> <p>Cooper moves as well away from the basketball as anybody in middle Tennessee.  He is a volume scorer, but he makes himself even more deadly by moving and then moving some more.  Defenders simply can't keep up.  His frame filled out a little bit in the last six months. He tends to see the floor very well, and facing RePublic, Cooper was playing quite a bit faster than his teammates and seeing angles better than everyone.  Hopefully, his teammates will be able to keep pace, so Cooper can play that way all season.</p> <p><strong>Kevin Sehasat</strong> (Knowledge Academy)</p> <p>Kevin has a little wiggle to his game. Left-handed.  He is thin and certainly needs more weight in his chest/back for absorbing contact. His Euro-step is decent, not fully-formed, but it there are pieces of it that are solid.  He does a nice job getting all of his weight onto the initial plant foot. He lived at the free throw line, which is a great sign!  Sehasat can be a fantastic second-scorer for KA, and the fact that he gets to the line so often indicates he will rarely slump or have a low-scoring night. </p> <p><strong>Kenneth Gleaves</strong> (Glencliff)</p> <p>Gleaves began the game against KIPP-Nashville as the primary ball-handler.  Afterwards, it was cleared up that many JV players were playing in this event for GHS, and Kenneth is an incoming freshman.  So, it is important to recognize he is not the primary for the team and he has years ahead of him when reading this upcoming evaluation. Glencliff was not convincing as a reliable guard operation, perhaps because several varsity players missed.  Turnovers and poor decisions ran rampant. Gleaves was ok.  Not dependable enough. </p> <p>Largely because of his size and lack of strength, Gleaves will really, really struggle to defend anytime he finds himself below the free throw line.  There is a chance he could create turnovers via deflections thanks to his speedy feet and hands.  It will require him to be positionally-sound.</p> <p>Very thin. He played hesitant and occasionally timid.  His best skill is speed with the basketball, but he looks like a guy that only thrives when playing fast and crumbles when the game requires more pacing and patience.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1386326" first="Eric" last="Thomason"]</strong> (Glencliff)<br /> Structurally, GHS did not really hunt down high-percentage shots, which was a shame because Thomason is best as a catch-and-shoot weapon.  Defensively, Thomason was scrappy and forced an early-game turnover against KIPP with active hands.  </p> <p><strong>Collin Thomason</strong> (Glencliff)<br /> Collin was better at bumping the cutter and putting an arm in the mix than he was at fending off penetrating guards.  Decent strength.  Feet were not jet-quick on defense.</p> <p><strong>Arnet Cotton</strong> (Glencliff)<br /> Cotton showed some ability to run the floor.  Good athleticism, though he did miss a two-handed dunk, possibly by taking off too late.  Not an expert with the handle, which will limit his ability to create from a wing position. </p> <p><strong>D'azjon Dowell</strong> (Glencliff)<br /> Dowell was the most steady and threatening offensive player for the Glencliff Colts against KIPP.  He showed an uncommon first-step burst and a keen awareness of where the defense was weakest.  The team will need a lot from him to create.</p> <p><em>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewForce8">@AndrewForce8</a>.</em></p>