LAGUNA NIGUEL – Trent Perry and David Rebibo of Harvard-Westlake bagged the last of the 2023-24 BurlisonOnBasketball.com SoCal boys’ basketball honors.
The 6-foot-4 Perry is the SoCal Senior of the Year after leading the Wolverines to a second consecutive State Open Division championship with their 50-45 win over Richmond Salesian in Sacramento on March 9.
Rebibo was the easy choice as the Coach of the Year, after his team’s State, Regional and Sectional championship victory – among the team’s 33-3 finish – improved his overall record (including a six-season stint at El Camino Real) to 337-129 in 15 seasons.
Perry (pictured), who was the BurlisonOnBasketball Junior of the Year last season, used superb regional and state championship-game performances to edge Mercy Miller of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame for the top senior honor.
The McDonald’s All-American point guard went for 42 and 28 points – perfect on 24 free throws in that stretch – as the Wolverines rallied from 13 and 12-point deficits in the first halves to knock off Carlsbad and Eastvale Roosevelt in regional semifinal and final games.
And Perry – who signed a national letter of intent with USC last November but decommitted recently following Coach Andy Enfield’s move to SMU – scored the final six points in his team’s state title win.
The 6-4 Miller (who is bound for the University of Houston) helped lead the Knights to a State D-I title in 2023 and a Southern Section D-1 championship this past season.
Joining Perry and Miller as first-team, all-SoCal senior selections from the Mission League were Justin Pippen (Sierra Canyon) and Robert Hinton (Harvard-Westlake).
Other first-team choices were Aidan Fowler (JSerra, the Orange County Register Player of the Year) and Tyrone Riley of St. Pius X/St. Matthias (the Del Rey League Player of the Year who led the Warriors to a 24-7 record and Open Division slots in the sectional and regional playoffs).
As a reminder, these selections are based upon on-court performance this past season (and how they impacted teams’ success), NOT “college potential” or “how I rate them as prospects.”
Player of the Year
Trent Perry/6-4/Harvard-Westlake
First Team
Aidan Fowler/5-10/JSerra
Robert Hinton/6-6/Harvard-Westlake
Mercy Miller/6-4/Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Justin Pippen/6-3/Sierra Canyon
Tyrone Riley IV/6-6/St. Pius X/St. Matthias
Second Team
Carter Bryant/6-8/Corona Centennial
Amare Campbell/6-0/Etiwanda
James Evans Jr./6-6/West Ranch
Eric Freeny/6-4/Corona Centennial
Darnez Slater/6-4/Eastvale Roosevelt
Third Team
Xavier Clinton/6-4/Damien
Isaiah Elohim/6-5/Sierra Canyon
David Mack/5-8/St. Pius X-St. Matthias
Sebastian Rancik/6-8/JSerra
Jack Turner/6-5/St. John Bosco
Fourth Team
Alex Dupre/6-5/Birmingham
Quincy Phillips/6-1/St. Anthony
Devin Ringer/6-4/Redondo Union
Kendyl Sanders/6-7/St. Bernard
Jermaine Washington/6-3/Rancho Verde
Fifth Team
Bryce Bedgood/6-9/Valencia
Isaiah Bernard-Lopez/6-5/Foothill
Jared Mims/6-0/Alemany
Aaron Powell/6-2/Campbell Hall
Noah Williams/6-7/Sierra Canyon
Sixth Team
Brian Amunueke/6-5/Rancho Christian
Dylan Benner/6-8/St. Bonaventure
Christian Harris/6-5/Etiwanda
Darrell Morris/5-11/West Ranch
Hugh Vandeweghe/6-8/Loyola
Seventh Team
Scotty Belnap/6-5/Mater Dei
Tracy Bryden/6-10/West Ranch
Jaden Hubbard/6-4/Orange Lutheran
Brady Karich/6-1/Mater Dei
Bronson Schmidt-Uili/6-11/Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
Eight Team
Mister Burnside/6-3/Paraclete
Jordan Houegban/6-4/Brentwood
Cameron McNamee/6-4/Santa Margarita
Ryan Osborne/6-2/Bosco Tech
Russell Williams/6-2/South Pasadena
Ninth Team
Jacob Bayla/6-5/Valley Christian
Josh Goodall/6-6/Anaheim Canyon
Matt Mowers/6-5/Trabuco Hills
Michael Wright/6-5/Cypress
Zaid Yunis/6-3/Northwood
Tenth Team
Elias Chin/6-3/Thousand Oaks
Bryce Goldman/6-5/Chaminade
Christian Horry/6-4/Harvard-Westlake
Ryder Mjoen/6-3/Simi Valley
Promise Madubugwu/7-0/Gardena
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