For more than a decade the state of Kentucky has failed to consistently produce high quality college basketball prospects. Now, the KHSAA is keeping one of their best college prospects on the sideline.
De’Von Cooper is a 6’4″ 3-star shooting guard who averaged 17.2 points and 4 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Waggener High School in 2014-15. Considered a top 300 player nationally, Cooper transferred to Findlay Prep. Now he wants to return to Waggener for his senior season but the KHSAA has denied his eligibility.
When people wonder why prep basketball has suffered in the state of Kentucky over the last 20 years, prep schools are the first to blame.