USA Basketball and CEO Jim Tooley announced on Wednesday that Cooper Flagg has been named as the 2022 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year.
The 6 foot 7 Flagg as a freshman led Nokomis to their first state basketball championship in March before deciding to attend Montverde Academy Prep in Florida with his brother Ace. He represented USA this past summer in the in the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain where he averaged nine points, 10 rebounds, almost two assists, 2.4 steals, and 2.9 blocks per game in 19 minutes per contest for the gold medal winning team. He was named to the World Cup All-Tournament team.
He earns this honor on his 16th birthday. “I’m thrilled for Cooper Flagg after he led the U17 team to a gold medal and an undefeated record, helping to extend the United States’ U17 World Cup record to 44-0,” Tooley said in a release. “We are all excited to continue to watch Cooper develop on and off the court.”
Story written by Chris Lessner with information gathered courtesy of USA Basketball
