Way Too Early Best Returners: D14-4A

Andrew Force May 5, 2023 @ 01:00 AM

Zander Holt Zander Holt 6'2" | PG Battle Ground Academy | 2026 State TN (Dickson County)
Zander plays AAU with TN Fever. He is a little shorter than ideal for a college 2-guard, though that is his most natural position at the high school level. Facing Stars North 17u at the Music City Madness event in early April, Zander Holt Zander Holt 6'2" | PG Battle Ground Academy | 2026 State TN demonstrated a wonderfully quick shot release. He was able to create his own, to find a shooting window despite decent team defense against him and his mates.

Tacarey Monday Tacarey Monday 6'0" | PG Clarksville Northwest | 2024 State TN (Northwest)
Monday will be a three-year starter for the Vikings of Northwest. Very, very quick with the basketball. Tacarey was turnover-prone in his younger days, but that should be behind him now.

Elijah Fernandez (Dickson County)
Elijah is a very athletic player. Leaps off of the court very well. Fernandez plays a power guard kind of for TN Fever while also running the ball as a running back for DCHS. He might thrive as a safety long-term too. On the basketball court, Fernandez is built like Ty Glasper Ty Glasper 6'1" | PG Gatlinburg-Pittman | 2025 State TN was during his freshman season. Powerful, short, stout. Athletic. Ty was much more skilled at the game of basketball when he was a freshman. Fernandez is more raw, but a better rebounder than Glasper was at this stage.

Keshawn Pappillion Keshawn Pappillion 6'2" | PG Kenwood | 2024 TN (Kenwood)
KP averaged just under 18 ppg last winter in his breakout junior season. Coach Chase Cronin raves about the upside of Pappillion. He sees him as a future D1 guard, and a former college coach advising him concurred. ‘He is a D1 player, if he wants to be’, said a former college coach upon seeing him play. Pappillion’s athleticism is unmatched in Clarksville. Were he in a bigger city the buzz would be alarming. PrephoopsTN is rightfully very high on him. Needs to limit his turnovers though (4.4 TOpg).

Jakoby Cox Jakoby Cox 6'5" | PF Kenwood (football) | 2025 State TN (Kenwood)
5.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg. Those were the averages for the junior-to-be Jakoby Cox Jakoby Cox 6'5" | PF Kenwood (football) | 2025 State TN .

Jason Russell (Kenwood)
Jason put up 6.3 ppg as a junior starter. He will be a key supporting scorer to KP this year again.

Keyondre Moving (Kenwood)
As a junior Keyondre scored 6.6 ppg and helped with 6.5 rpg.

Amaree Lafortune Amaree Lafortune 6'0" | PG West Creek | 2024 State TN (West Creek)
Amaree is a key player for the Coyotes. Graduated senior Shawn Villanea shared, “He’s gonna be a big impact this year.”

Kameron Bowers Kameron Bowers 6'0" | PG West Creek | 2026 State TN (West Creek)
The guard Kameron Bowers Kameron Bowers 6'0" | PG West Creek | 2026 State TN won JV Camp MVP in February. Bowers is slick with the dribble. He made his debut in the Class of 2026 rankings just this month.