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AWARD SZN: 2020 VYPE Houston Public School Boys Basketball All-VYPE Team
And thud...
The 2019-20 basketball season ended in an off-the-backboard brick as the COVID-19 virus put an end to the state tournament.
Houston had four teams advance to state and VYPE will grant all four teams a share of the Team of the Year Award. Each had a great story line.
Dickinson hadn't been to state in 65 years and was hitting on all cylinders entering Final Four weekend. 65 years!!!!
Hightower was led by super-soph Bryce Griggs and company, looking to make school history if they could have reached the state finals. Three Hurricane teams made the Final Four before this year's group but hasn't won a game at state in school history.
Yates was poised for their fifth state title in 11 years under the direction of coach Greg Wise. They set the consecutive record for scoring 100-points in a game, breaking their own record a decade ago.
That leaves Stafford. Coach David Montano had the Spartans two games away from their first title since 1992. Stafford was off the grid in the preseason, sneaking up on everyone en route to state.
Here are the All-VYPE teams and superlatives.
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TEAMS OF THE YEAR
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Jason Wilson, Dickinson
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tramon Mark, Dickinson
FIRST-TEAM ALL-VYPE
LJ Cryer, Morton Ranch
Bryce Griggs, Hightower
Justin Hill, FB Travis
Rubin Jones, Yates
Marcus Williams, Dickinson
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SECOND-TEAM ALL-VYPE
PJ Haggerty, Crosby
Jordan Ivy-Curry, LaMarque
Daylan Presley, Stafford
Pierce Spencer, Lake Creek
Ramon Walker, Shadow Creek
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THIRD-TEAM ALL-VYPE
Daylan Hamilton, Klein Forest
Javon Jackson, Summer Creek
Antwon Norman, Yates
Ethan Taylor, Memorial
Demari Williams, Fulshear
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HONORABLE MENTION ALL-VYPE
Khaliq Abdul-Mateen, Cy Lakes
Jake Arnold, Katy Taylor
Davion Coleman, Jersey Village
Josh Cooper, North Shore
RJ Crawford, Langham Creek
Dylan Dawson, Atascocita
Nik Ellis, Cy-Fair
Reuben Fatheree II, Foster
Chris Harris, Hightower
Michael Imariagbe, Elsik
Chuks Isitua, Yates
Kaboris Johnson, North Forest
Nate Martin, Cy Creek
Danny McAdory, Bush
Peter McKey, Hastings
Tim Moore, Jr., Madison
Lonzo Rand, Westfield
JaJa Sanni, Clear Lake
Westley Sellers, Morton Ranch
Kaleb Stewart, Atascocita
Rommell Williams, Mayde Creek
Will Young, Shadow Creek
Dickinson's Tramon Mark wins the 2020 Guy V. Lewis Award
HOUSTON - Tramon Mark can officially add his name to Houston basketball lore.
On Tuesday, during a virtual award show, the Dickinson senior and University of Houston signee was named the 2020 Guy V. Lewis Award winner, which is awarded to the city's best men's basketball player of the year.
.@gators_bb Star Tramon Mark @RealBuckets11 reacts to winning the 2020 @guyvlewisaward | He is a @UHCougarMBK signee @DickinsonISD @Deuceguidry @bucketMarcus @hoopinsider @RcsSports @uiltexas @UIL_AD @RayMeach @KPRC2RandyMc @AdamJWexler @KPRC2 @CoachSampsonUH pic.twitter.com/G5mhmXe87W
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) April 1, 2020
Mark helped guide the Gators to the program's first state tournament berth since 1955 this past year. In 36 games played, Mark averaged an impressive 29.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game this season.
"Just a great award for a great individual," Dickinson head coach Jason Wilson said. "He's a great player. Just this year his group of seniors set the goal to get to state and they did that with Tramon at the helm of it and his teammates helped him achieve this award. I'm excited for his future and playing for Coach [Kelvin] Sampson and the UH Cougars."
In winning the award, Mark joins previous winners; Klein Forest's Kharee McDaniel (2019), College Park's Quentin Grimes (2018), Cypress Falls' Nigel Hawkins (2017), Cypress Lakes' De'Aaron Fox (2016), Westbury Christian's Galen Robinson (2015), St. John's Justise Winslow (2014), Fort Bend Travis' Aaron Harrison (2013) and Strake Jesuit's Rasheed Sulaimon (2012).
"Those are big names around the Houston basketball community," Mark said. "So, for me to join those guys and I'm going to be playing with [Quentin Grimes] next year. It's a big deal."
The Guy V. Lewis Award starts with a watch list of 50, then pared down to 25 and then eventually to the Top 10.
The Top 10 finalists this year included Morton Ranch's LJ Cryer, Westbury Christian's Ja'Vier Francis, Fort Bend Hightower's Bryce Griggs, Crosby's PJ Haggerty, Fort Bend Travis' Justin Hill, La Marque's Jordan Ivy-Curry, Jack Yates' Rubin Jones, Episcopal's Jahari Long and Shadow Creek's Ramon Walker.
BREAKING: @gators_bb senior and @UHCougarMBK signee Tramon Mark (@RealBuckets11) is the winner of the 2020 @guyvlewisaward
READ: https://t.co/0jZnXfskof
(@KPRC2RandyMc @Joseph_Duarte @DickinsonISD @RcsSports @Deuceguidry @bucketMarcus @CoachSampsonUH @hoopinsider @AdamJWexler) pic.twitter.com/nIYuzlp9bt
— VYPE Houston (@vypehouston) April 1, 2020