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High school basketball: AJC players of the year, all-state, all-metro teams

Pace Academy's Wendell Carter has been named the AJC's state player of the year.
Pace Academy's Wendell Carter has been named the AJC's state player of the year.
March 31, 2017

Mikayla Coombs of Wesleyan and Wendell Carter of Pace Academy, two McDonald’s All-Americans who led their schools to state championships, are The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s basketball players of the year.

Coombs, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, averaged 16.9 points, seven rebounds, 4.5 assists and four steals for the 28-4 Wolves.

Carter, a 6-foot-10 forward, averaged 22.7 points, 15.5 rebounds and 5.8 blocks per game for Pace Academy, which he led to state titles in boys basketball for the first times in 2016 and 2017.

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> AJC boys all-state team

> AJC girls all-state team

> AJC boys all-metro team

> AJC girls all-metro team

> HS basketball: Final rankings, state title game recaps, photos and more

> Complete high school coverage on ajc.com

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