LAGUNA NIGUEL – Riley Battin – whose adjustment to high school basketball wasn’t hampered by much in the way of “rough patches” – is the BurlisonOnBasketball 2014-15 Southern California High School Most Outstanding Player for the freshman class.
The 6-foot-7 Battin averaged 21.8 points and 10.5 rebounds per game at Oak Park while closing his first season as a prep with a 25-point, 11-rebound effort in his team’s 93-89 loss to Millikan in a second-round CIF Southern Section 1AA playoff game.
Players from the CIF Southern, L.A. City and San Diego sections were eligible to be selected.
The players were chosen based upon their first-season accomplishments and not necessarily how extensively they are being recruited – or will be recruited – for their on-court potential in college.
The 15-player squad, including Battin (listed alphabetically):
Wayne Arnold (6-1/Compton Dominguez)
Riley Battin (6-7/Oak Park)/MOP
Jules Bernard (6-3/L.A. Windward)
Taeshon Cherry (6-7/San Diego St. Augustine)
Michael Feinberg (6-3/Chatsworth Sierra Canyon)
Spencer Freedman (6-0/Santa Monica)
Jordan Guest (6-7/Santa Margarita)
Miles Norris (6-7/Chula Vista Mater Dei)
Taurus Samuels (5-11/Vista)
Cameron Shelton (6-0/Chino Hills)
David Singleton (6-3/Torrance Bishop Montgomery)
Wesley Slajchert (6-3/Oak Park)
Scooter Smith (6-2/Bellflower)
Jordan Starr (6-5/El Cajon Foothills Christian)
Brandon Williams (5-10/Encino Crespi)
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