District 2-AA Preseason All-District Team

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='1140815' first='Carlos' last='Orr'].</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alcoa won the last two 2A State Championships. <strong>Jahvin Carter</strong> willed them into wins some nights, but he now lives in State College, Pennsylvania as a freshman on the Penn State Nittany Lion team. Shane Cherry was plucked out of Austin-East by Academy of Central Florida leaving only one of the three exceptional point guards in District 2-AA.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1259399' first='Ty' last='Glasper']</strong> is our Preseason D2-2A District MVP.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Enjoy the @PrepHoopsTN Preseason D2-2A All-District Team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">First Team</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2260983' first='Jamir' last='Dean'] / Sophomore / Alcoa / Shooting Guard</strong></em><br>1x State Champion. Insane athleticism. Adept football player with basketball bounce and refined aggression. Jamir won track meets long jumping in middle school. He finished third in state in high jumping this past spring. Football offers include Louisville, Miami (Oh). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1259399' first='Ty' last='Glasper'] / Senior / Gatlinburg-Pittman / Point Guard </strong></em>/ <strong>Lincoln Memorial University verbal</strong><br>Starting for his fourth season. Begins the season sitting on 2419 career points, 522 rebounds, 491 assists, and 206 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='2352726' first='Juwaan' last='Troutman'] / Senior / Austin-East / Forward</em></strong><br>Quick second-leaper. A little shooting range. Wonderful threat to pass or shoot from 12' and in. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2333265' first='Condis' last='Cherry'] / Sophomore / Alcoa / Point Guard </strong></em><br>The younger brother of Shane Cherry, Condis transferred into Alcoa from Austin-East, where he starred as both a hooper and football player last academic year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2289223' first='Grady' last='Keeton'] / Junior / Oneida / Guard</strong></em><br>As a sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='2289223' first='Grady' last='Keeton'] put up 15.8 ppg along with 5.2 rpg. His production will climb higher after his older brother Mason graduated in the spring. Mason was a prolific scorer himself.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Sixth Man:</span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2624793' first='Wade' last='Whaley'] / Senior / Gatlinburg-Pittman / Small Forward</strong></em><br>Averaged just under 10 points per game along with 4.6 rebounds per. Whaley has 83 varsity games under his belt.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Noteworthy</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2297103' first='Samuel' last='Brackins'] (Pigeon Forge)<br>Jaigen Morgan (Oneida)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2350870' first='Roger' last='Matute'] (Gatlinburg-Pittman)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2350882' first='Eli' last='Graf'] (Alcoa)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2281190' first='Jibriel' last='Koko'] (Alcoa)<br>[player_tooltip player_id='2281200' first='Jay' last='Kirk'] (Alcoa)<br>Justin Pruitt (Austin-East)<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->