When Jalen Brunson arrived on the Main Line this season for his much-anticipated first year at Villanova, he hit campus with quite an array of basketball accomplishments.
Ranked a five-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com, the 6-2 ½ Brunson was also anointed as the nation's top point guard coming out of Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. And during his storied career at Stevenson, Brunson managed to snag a pair of Gatorade Player of the Year awards in both 2014 and 2015 and was voted Illinois Mr. Basketball last season after leading Stevenson to its first state title when he set records for most points in a playoff game (56) and most in a championship game (30).