Palm Beach 7A-6A boys basketball first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year

FIRST TEAM

Elyjah Freeman, F/Wing, Wellington senior: Second-year varsity starter averaged 15 points, 5.9 rebounds,1.9 assists, 2.1 steals and one block per game; season highlight was beating rival Palm Beach Central; had career-high 30 points game against Suncoast; Lincoln Memorial University signee.

Kenny Greenling, C, Jupiter senior: Two-year starter averaged 15.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 blocks per game; shot 67% from field and had 13 double doubles; most proud of improving from an end-of-bench player as a junior to a first-team All-County performer as a senior; recorded 20 points and 12 rebounds against rival Dwyer and ending their two-year home winning streak.

Jeremy Innocent, F, Lake Worth senior: Three-year starter said he is proud to have won second consecutive district championship and finished the season with an 18-10 record; played in 24 games and averaged 17.5 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and three blocks per game.

Amari Nealy, Wing/G/C, Dwyer senior: Proud of what the team overcame this season and his 30-point game against Atlantic, which was close to a school record; averaged 14.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.6 blocks per game in 26 games; multiple player of the game awards; won a state title last season.

Jaelen Nelson, SG, Dwyer senior: Four-year varsity member; played 26 games; averaged 13 points, 2 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 0.7 blocks; season highlight was beating rival Lake Worth and winning district title; said winning state title last season gave him first taste of his goal of playing in NBA; verbally committed to Edward Waters University.

Matthew Puodziukaitis, C/F, Palm Beach Central senior: Two-year captain and three-year varsity player had most double-doubles and rebounds in school history; third in points, and second in blocks; committed to Saint Vincent College; proud of beating Wellington this season; averaged 13.5 points, 2.2 assists, 11.6 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 0.7 blocks a game.

Reginald Reinhardt, PG, Wellington senior: Three-year starter said season highlight was dropping 25 points twice against rival Palm Beach Central; averaged 12.4 points, 3.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 2 steals and 0.7 blocks a game in 28 games; signed with Barry University.

SECOND TEAM

Emmanuel Augustin, PG, John I. Leonard senior

Talan Caudell, SF, Jupiter senior

Jayden Coney, PG, Royal Palm Beach senior

Altavion Hodge, SG, Palm Beach Lakes senior

Ethan Litten, F, Spanish River senior

Sean Standifer, SG/SF, Lake Worth junior

Kevin Ulysee, F, Atlantic senior

HONORABLE MENTION

Atlantic: Alix Dieudonne, Jabari Henry

Boca Raton: Luke Dahmer, Lavar Jamison, Brendan Mahoney

Dwyer: Bobby Gilbert III, Jaironn Speights

Forest Hill: Trenton Davis, Travis McIntyre, Cameran Phillips

John I. Leonard: Cory Jones, Reggie Presendieu

Jupiter:  RayRay Collum

Lake Worth: Anthony Coby, Sean Standifer

Olympic Heights: Devon Brenner, Harrison Cohen, Jake Harbatkin

Palm Beach Central: Bryan Joseph

Palm Beach Gardens: Keyon Stephens

Palm Beach Lakes: Jamar Callum, Altavion Hodge, Pheinyx Jenkins, Brad Laurette

Park Vista: Jean Garcia, Tray Goldwire

Royal Palm Beach: Imanol Cheatham

Santaluces: Dacariuos Jenkins

Wellington: Tony Collins, Dakota Izard

West Boca: Michael Bonina, Mason Mallory, Brandon Roache

COACH OF THE YEAR

JD DePasquale, Jupiter: Guided the Warriors to the best record in Palm Beach County at a school-record 23-3 mark despite losing 9 of his top 11, including all five starters, off his 20-7 2023 team. “This season has been the most rewarding of my coaching career. This was the first year that we had a group that we got to see grow from freshmen to seniors…seeing the growth they made on and off the floor these last three to four years has been special. We knew we were going to have a special group but truthfully, they exceeded all expectations.”