DeAndre Ayton
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| Born |
July 23, 1998 Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nationality | Bahamamian |
| Listed height | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
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| College | Arizona (Signed LOI) |
| Position | Center |
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DeAndre Ayton (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian basketball player. He is a consensus 5-star prospect, and one of the top rated basketball players in the class of 2017. He was currently plays high school basketball for Balboa City School in California for two years before transferring to Hillcrest Prep Academy in Arizona. He signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Arizona. In January 2017, Ayton was selected has an McDonald's All-American.
DeAndre is the son of Alvin and Andrea Ayton. He has his four siblings. Ayton was born in the Bahamas and moved to San Diego, California in the United States.
Ayton attended Balboa City School in San Diego, CA and started on the varsity basketball team for two years. As a freshman in 2013–14, Ayton will sit out for rest of the season because he rule ineligible.
As a sophomore in 2014–15, Ayton led Balboa to a 17-14 record in its inaugural season, averaging 21 points, 16 rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game. He racked up double-doubles in 21 of 22 regular season games. This summer he pumped in 16.5 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks a game for Supreme Court AAU (Calif.) on the Under Armour circuit.
As a junior in 2015–16, Ayton elected to transfer to Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix, AZ for two more years , he averaged 29.2 points, 16.7 rebounds, 3.8 blocks per game.
As a senior in 2016–17, Arizona commit DeAndre Ayton went off for 29 points Sunday to spur a huge 70-61 victory over No. 10 The Rock (Gainesville, Fla.) for the Grind Session National Championship. Hillcrest Prep also beat bubble team Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) in the semifinals with a 68-66 win. He finished the season with 33–6 and Ayton averaging 26 points, 15 rebounds and 3.5 blocks.
DeAndre was representing the World Select team, he saw 26:36 minutes of action at the 2016 Nike Hoop Summit, chipping in with eight points to go along with seven rebounds.
Ayton is considered the top player in the 2017 recruiting class by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN. In 2015 he was ranked by Scout as the top prospect in all of high school in their "Ultimate 100" list.
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