Collinsville senior earns Associated Press first team all-state basketball honors
Collinsville High School senior Ray’Sean Taylor headlines a list of five metro east area players named to the Associated Press Class 3A-4A All-State Basketball teams.
A 6-1 guard, who led the Kahoks to a 31-3 record and first outright Southwestern Conference title since 1996, was honored as a Class 4A first-team all-state selection in voting done by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from around the state.
The all-state teams were released on Thursday.
Edwardsville senior Brennan Weller was a Class 4A honorable mention all-state selection. In Class 3A, East St. Louis seniors Armond Williams and Jashawn Anderson along with Triad senior Luke Cox were honorable mention all-state selections.
Taylor, along with Williams and Anderson, had their seasons end last week when the Illinois High School Association canceled the remainder of the postseason due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Taylor broke Tom Parker’s career scoring record at Collinsville and finished his four-year Kahoks career with 2,167 points. The leading scorer in the SWC, Taylor averaged 23.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.5 assists and three steals per game.
Headed to SIU Edwardsville, Taylor was an honorable mention all-state selection a year ago.
Class 3A
FIRST TEAM
- Bryce Hopkins, Oak Park Fenwick (6-6, Jr., G/F) 106 points
- Adam Miller, Chicago Morgan Park (6-4, Sr., G) 103
- Isaiah Rivera, Geneseo (6-5, Sr., SF) 89
- Antione Bloxton, Chicago Bogan (6-1, Sr., G) 62
- Troy D’Amico, Niles Notre Dame (6-5, Jr., G) 52
SECOND TEAM
- Connor Dillon, Peoria Notre Dame (6-2, Sr., G) 51 points
- Jaylin McCants, Galesburg (6-6, Sr., G/F) 43
- AJ Casey, Tinley Park (6-8, Soph., G) 36
- Brandon Weston, Chicago Morgan Park (6-5, Sr., F) 27
- *-Jackson Connor, Marion (6-6, Sr., G/F) 23
- *-Kaden Froebe, Lincoln (6-4, Sr., G) 23
(*)-tie
HONORABLE MENTION
Rolando Brown, Peoria Manual (6-2, Sr., G) 22; Connor Kochera, Arlington Heights St. Viator (6-5, Sr., G) 22; Louis Lesmond, Niles Notre Dame (6-5, Jr., SF) 22; Grant Coleman, Mahomet-Seymour (6-7, Sr., SF) 17; Luke Cox, Troy Triad (6-3, Sr., G) 17; Jase Bergschneider, Taylorville (6-1, Sr., G) 16; Noah Reynolds, Peoria Notre Dame (6-3, Jr., G) 14; Donovan Carter, Wauconda (6-4, Sr., SG) 12; TY Johnson, Chicago DePaul Prep (6-2, Jr., G) 12; Robbie Avila, Oak Forest (6-9, Soph., F) 11; Marcus Watson Jr., Chicago Morgan Park (6-1, Sr., G) 9; Jayson Kent, Oak Forest (6-6, Sr., F) 8; Armond Williams, East St. Louis (6-8, Sr., C) 8; Jashawn Anderson, East St. Louis (5-10, Sr., G) 6; Anthony Brown, Rockford Boylan (6-4, Sr., F) 6; Jabari Chiphe, Chicago Payton (6-3, Sr., F) 6; Nathanael Hoskins, Danville (6-4, Jr., G) 6; Luke Lehnen, Chatham Glenwood (6-1, Sr., G) 6; Gabe Mason, Metamora (6-6, Sr., G) 6; Lavell McIntosh, Kankakee (6-3, Sr., F) 6; Jordan Rice, Rock Island (5-9, Jr., PG) 6; Anthony Sayles, Niles Notre Dame (6-2, Jr., PG) 6; Khailieo Terry, Champaign Central (6-5, Jr., PG) 6; Myles Tucker, Ottawa (6-2, Sr., G) 6.
Class 4A
FIRST TEAM
- DJ Steward, Chicago Whitney Young (6-3, Sr., G) 105 points
- Max Christie, Rolling Meadows (6-6, Jr., G) 85
- Ramean Hinton, Chicago Curie (6-4, Sr., F) 73
- Ray’Sean Taylor, Collinsville (6-1, Sr., G) 70
- Ahron Ulis, Chicago Heights Marian (6-2, Sr., G) 68
SECOND TEAM
- Ahamad Bynum, Chicago Simeon (6-2, Jr., G) 62 points
- Dante Maddox Jr., Chicago Heights Bloom (6-2, Sr., G) 39
- Dominic Martinelli, Glenbrook South (6-5, Sr., G/F) 37
- Aquan Smart, Niles North (6-3, Sr., G) 34
- Darius Burford, Bolingbrook (6-1, Sr., G) 30
HONORABLE MENTION
DJ Williams, Harvey Thornton (6-3, Sr., F) 26; Kam Craft, Buffalo Grove (6-5, Soph., G) 24; Christian Shumate, Chicago Heights Bloom (6-6, Sr., SF) 24; Blake Peters, Evanston (6-1, Jr., G) 20; Tyler Beard, Chicago Whitney Young (6-2, Sr., G) 19; Jamere Hill, Joliet West (6-2, Sr., G) 18; Nate Shockey, Elmhurst York (6-2, Sr., PG) 17; Beau Frericks, Cary-Grove (6-1, Sr., G) 16; Amar Augillard, Zion-Benton (6-5, Jr., G) 14; RJ Ogom, Homewood-Flossmoor (6-5, Sr., F) 8; Gabe Renchen, Bradley-Bourbonnais (6-2, Sr., G) 8; Brennan Weller, Edwardsville (6-4, Jr., G) 8; Matthew Ambrose, Lincolnshire Stevenson (6-3, Sr., G) 6; Cam Dougherty, Naperville Central (6-6, Sr., F/G) 6; Uchenna Egekeze, Huntley (6-3, Sr., G) 6; Conor Enright, Mundelein (6-2, Jr., PG) 6; Ismail Habib, Chicago Lincoln Park (6-0, Jr., G) 6; DaRon Hall, Glenbard East (6-1, Sr., G) 6; Frank Jakubicek, Cary-Grove (6-8, Sr., F) 6; Bennett Kwiecinski, Wilmette Loyola (6-8, Sr., C) 6; Connor Linke, St. Charles North (6-9, Sr., C) 6; Marcus Skeete, Aurora Waubonsie Valley (6-5, Sr., G/F) 6; Jeremiah Williams, Chicago Simeon (6-5, Sr., F) 6.
