( Andy Shupe)
Arkansas guard Nick Smith Jr. drives with the ball Wednesday, July 27, 2022, during practice in the Eddie Sutton Men’s Basketball Practice Gym on the university campus in Fayetteville. Visit nwaonline.com/220728Daily/ for the photo gallery.
FAYETTEVILLE — Nick Smith, a University of Arkansas freshman guard from North Little Rock who has been on campus since June, got one more high school accolade this week.
USA Today announced that it has named Smith its national high school basketball player of the year for the 2021-22 season.
Reggie Williams, a first-team All-American at Georgetown who played 10 years in the NBA, was USA Today’s inaugural player of the year in 1983.