UNC basketball freshman Tyler Nickel was honored by his superior school as his jersey will officially go in the rafters at East Rock High Faculty.
The 4-star recruit experienced his No.5 varsity selection retired this previous week by East Rock Large School out of Elkton, Virginia. Nickel obtained on UNC’s radar following dominating at the high college degree, ranking as the third-finest player in the state of Virginia.
All through his time at East Rock, the 6-8 modest forward led the Eagles in scoring, turning into a best recruit and just one of the greatest players out of his significant college. In his junior and senior many years, Nickel appeared in 42 game titles, averaging 34.4 factors, 4 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.5 rebounds, and 9.6 rebounds for every sport.
Nickel not only dominated the stat sheet, he also had the accolades to go along with it together with 1st-Workforce All-Point out as effectively as being named East Rockingham player of the 12 months. The most significant achievement of his tenure with the Eagles is that he’s the all-time major scorer in Virginia Higher School heritage snapping Mac McClung report established in 2018.
Now, with his title in his high faculty rafters, it will be interesting to see if Nickel can create the exact result in the Deans Smith Middle.
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