Jayson Tatum (Photo: Guillermo Hernandez Martinez, Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader)
The five finalists have been revealed for the Naismith Trophy High School Players of the Year in boys and girls basketball by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
The girls All-America team will be released March 7 and the boys All-America team on March 8. Both players of the year will be announced March 10 and the winners will be honored at the annual awards banquet.
Here are the finalists:
BOYS
| Lonzo Ball | Chino Hills, Calif. | Chino Hills | PG | UCLA |
| Miles Bridges | Flint, Mich. | Huntington (WVa.) Prep | SF | Michigan State |
| De’Aaron Fox | Katy, Texas | Cypress Lakes | PG | Kentucky |
| Josh Jackson | Southfield, Mich. | Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) | SF | |
| Jayson Tatum | St. Louis | Chaminade | SF | Duke |
GIRLS
| Erin Boley | Hodgensville, K.y | Elizabethtown | PF | Notre Dame |
| Lauren Cox | Flower Mound, Texas | Flower Mound | F | Baylor |
| Crystal Dangerfield | Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Blackman | PG | Connecticut |
| Joyner Holmes | Cedar Hill, Texas | Cedar Hill | PF | Texas |
| Jackie Young | Princeton, Ind. | Princeton | SF | Notre Dame |
