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ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR JERMOHN QUEEN
All-Area First Team
Jean Alexis
Coach of the Year
Shelvick Henry
Garrett Kent
Mario Lambert
Nick Marder
Alan Morgan
Justin Nichols
Jean Walker
JOHN LEON
Martin County, third year This season: Guided the Tigers to a 26-4 record and first Final Four appearance since 1987. Martin County lost to Orlando-Evans 53-50 in the Class 7A semifinals, after the Tigers avenged their 2012 regional final loss to St. Petersburg. Three of Martin County’s losses were by four points or less. Quotable: “We were smaller than a lot of our opponents, and I don’t even know if we were better than them, but it was our attitude that won us games. I get joy from every game we win, but the St. Petersburg game, it was like a load off our shoulders. The kids were jumping around, and I think I did, too. To see them get across that hump, to see them accomplish their goals, that’s why I coach. That was truly special.”
JEAN ALEXIS
Jensen Beach junior guard/forward Stats: 13.3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks per game
Honorable Mention WILLIE BATTISTINI Jensen Beach junior point guard
SHELVICK HENRY
Sebastian River senior guard Stats: 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals per game
PARKER DRESSLER St. Edward’s senior forward ALTON EDWARDS Martin County senior guard
GARRETT KENT
Treasure Coast senior forward Stats: 11.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game
VILLE EWAR Master’s senior forward KEVIN GRACE Treasure Coast sophomore post
MARIO LAMBERT
Vero Beach senior guard Stats: 15 points per game, 3 assists, 4 rebounds per game
TREY GRAHAM Martin County junior forward-center
NICK MARDER
Martin County junior guard Stats: 8.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game
ALEX BOERNER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS
Martin County High School’s Jermohn Queen is the 2013 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
Refuse to lose
ALAN MORGAN
Port St. Lucie junior guard Stats: 14.1 points, 3.2 assists per game
JUSTIN NICHOLS
Treasure Coast senior guard Stats: 16 points, 3.5 assists per game; shot 82 percent from free throw line
Jermohn Queen’s attitude and stellar play led Martin County to the Final Four
JEAN WALKER
Fort Pierce Central senior point guard Stats: 16.8 points per game, 6.6 assists, 2.5 steals, 5.8 rebounds
I didn’t want to lose to a local team.That’s all that kept going through my head, ‘We’re not going to lose.’ ” Jermohn Quenn, Martin County guard on regular-season game against Treasure Coast
ALL-AREA TEAM The All-Area girls basketball team was compiled by Laurel Pfahler.
By Laurel Pfahler laurel.pfahler@scripps.com 772-978-2282
STUART — If there was an area boys basketball individual performance that stood out most this season, it was Jermohn Queen’s 52-point effort against Treasure Coast High School. Queen took his “refuse-to-lose” attitude and carried Martin County to a three-point, double-overtime victory for its 10th straight win to open the season. From there, Martin County coach John Leon said the 5-foot-7 senior point guard’s game took on a life of its own. Queen averaged 21.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game, while leading the Tigers to a 26-4 record and their first Final Four since 1987. Queen is the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year. “There were several games where he just willed us to wins, most notably the Treasure Coast game when we couldn’t buy a shot, and his determination willed us to victory,” Leon said. “He had a great year, and our success was a direct result of what he was doing.” The Treasure Coast game was one Queen said he always will remember. “I didn’t want to lose to a local
Player of the Year
JERMOHN QUEEN
Martin County senior point guard Stats: 21.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists per game Coach John Leon: “It’s a combination of heart and determination. I think because he was always the small one on the court, he felt he had to play bigger than his stature, and he did. He had a refuse-to-lose attitude, and he really amazed a lot of teams that were seeing him for the first time.”
team,” Queen said. “That’s all that kept going through my head, ‘We’re not going to lose.’ I just felt like all the hard work, the suicides (drills) and all we do in practice, this is where it pays off. The teams that are more conditioned are the ones that make a run in the postseason, so we had to show we could pull through.” Queen took on more responsibility this season. Always a scorer, Queen amassed 1,482 points in four years — the last three at Martin County — but became more of a vocal player this season. For him, it started off the court, encouraging his teammates to get to practices early and motivating them with the reminder the smallest details can matter most. “We had a lot of young kids coming up this year, so I had to be more of a leader,” Queen said. “I knew they would be looking to me, and with (2012 graduate) Justin (Simmons)
gone, I had to step up. We had no time to slack off because, as we learned last year, one point (in a region final loss to St. Petersburg) could be a difference in the game.” That 2012 season-ending defeat gave Queen an extra push this season. He worked especially hard on his shot and it paid off, improving from 15 points a game as a junior. Martin County earned a rematch with St. Petersburg and rolled to a 63-52 win at home to send the Tigers to the Final Four. Martin County lost in the Class 7A semifinals, a game in which Queen’s playing time was limited by foul trouble. “Since middle school, I wanted to make it to state,” Queen said. “Each year we got closer and closer, and this year we finally did it. We could have done better at state, but we got there and made history. “That was pretty special.”
JOSH KNIGHT Fort Pierce Central senior forward BLAKE LUCKY South Fork sophomore guard DENSON LUMENE Martin County junior guard TERRELL MABINS Martin County sophomore guard DAVEY MARINE Vero Beach junior guard DOMENICO SANTIAGO Port St. Lucie junior forward KYLE SHAPIRO Treasure Coast senior guard BROCK MILLER St. Edward’s freshman forward RODERICK REAVES Lincoln Park junior guard/ forward SHARIEFF RHAHEED Fort Pierce Central junior forward MIKE ROSARIO John Carroll senior forward BERNARD SMITH Lincoln Park senior guard JACK STUBBLEFIELD Pine School junior forward EDWIN THOMAS John Carroll junior forward SHELDON THOMAS Sebastian River freshman guard DAVID THOMPSON Jensen Beach senior forward TYLER WASHINGTON Sebastian River freshman forward BRAYVON YOUNG St. Lucie West Centennial junior guard
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