Millennium-Mater Dei

Goodyear Millennium junior DaRon Holmes, a four-star power forward and UA target, was named the 2020 Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year.Β 

The Arizona Wildcats made the final four list of schools four-star power forward DaRon Holmes will choose from. On Wednesday, Holmes trimmed his list to the UA, Marquette, Dayton and Cal.Β 

The 6-foot-8-inch, 195-pound Holmes is rated by 247Sports.com as the 10th-best power forward of the 2021 recruiting class. 

In the offseason, the Phoenix-area native transferred from Goodyear Millennium High School to Florida's Montverde Academy, a national powerhouse that pumped out Ben Simmons, D'Angelo Russell andΒ Luc Mbah a Moute.Β 

Holmes averaged 23.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in his final season at Goodyear, and was named the 2020 Gatorade Player of the Year.Β 


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