Alex Barcello (born August 31, 1998) is an American basketball player. He will play for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017-18 season.
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Early life
Barcello was born in the metropolitan area in Phoenix, AZ, to Edward and Shelli Barcello, who were both former basketball players. Edward led the state in scoring his senior year at Phoenix Brophy Prep in 1987, graduating with more than 1,000 career points and second only to future Duke star and NBA player Mark Alarie (1982) as the school's all-time leading scorers. Shelli was the leading rebounder and second-leading scorer on Canyon del Oro's undefeated state championship girls team in 1986-87. Barcello started playing basketball when he was two. He grew up with his three sisters, Sarah, Amanda and Julia.
High school and career
Barcello attended high school on the varsity basketball team in all four years at Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona to win two state championship titles.
Freshman season
As a freshman season in 2013-14, he averaged 25 points, 11 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 steals and led the school to a 34-1 record and a first state title.
Sophomore season
In his sophomore season, he led the school to a 33-1 record and a second state title, and the Aztecs were ranked the consensus No. 3 team in the nation and when he was teammates with No. 1 2018 player Marvin Bagley III (Duke), who later transferred. Arizona coach Miller offered Barcello a scholarship after he poured in 51 points in a game as a sophomore against Gilbert Perry and Markus Howard (Marquette).
Junior season
In the junior season, in the state tournament, point guard Alex Barcello surpassed 1,000 points in only his second varsity season at Tempe Corona del Sol. He is leading the boys basketball team into the Division I tournament as the top seed.
Senior season
In the senior season, Alex scored 2,254 career points at Corona shooting over 55 percent from the field and almost 90 percent from the charity stripe. Tallied 31 points in his team's win over Christ the King HS in Hoophall Classic as a senior. Advanced to finals of American Family Insurance National 3-Point Shooting Competition. He averaged 24.2 ppg, 3.0 apg and 5.8 rpg.
Recruiting
Barcello was considered as one of the best players in the 2017 recruiting class by Scout.com, Rivals.com and ESPN. He was a consensus four-star prospect in the Class of 2017 and committed to play at Arizona over the offers of Virginia, Butler, Indiana and Stanford.
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College and career
Arizona (2017-present)
Barcello is committed to play at Arizona over the offers of Virginia, Butler, Indiana and Stanford.
Accomplishments and awards
He received national honors including the (2x) Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year, Azcentral.com Big School Boys Basketball Athlete of the Year, Arizona BCA Division I Player of the Year, and (2x) East Valley Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
- High School
- All-Arizona Division I boys basketball team (2015, 2016)
- 2x Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year (2015, 2017)
- azcentral.com Big School Basketball Boys Athlete of the Year (2017)
- Arizona Basketball Coaches Association Division I Player of the Year (2015)
- 2x 6A Central League state champions (2015-16)
- 2x East Valley Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the Year (2015-16)
- All-East Valley Tribune Boys Basketball first team (2016)
- MaxPreps.com High School Boys Basketball All-American honorable mention (2017)
- FloHoops All-Peach Invitational First Team (2016)
- FloHoops Peach Invitational MVP (2016)
- College
Personal life
Alex also has three younger sisters that also play basketball named Sarah (currently a high school sophomore), Amanda and Julia (who is now playing at Colgate).
His younger sisters, Sarah who is playing at Seton Catholic Prep captured the first 4A Conference girls basketball state championship title leading to a 29-3 record.
Julia who is now playing at Colgate, left Seton two years ago with more than 1,458 points and another state championship, leading the school to a 32-3 record. She holds the school's all-time rebounding (1,390) and blocked shots (282) records.
References
External links
- Arizona Wildcats bio
Source of article : Wikipedia
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