Austin Nehls of Catalina Foothills High School is the Star's 2013-14 Southern Arizona Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

 Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Austin Nehls, the Star’s 2014 Southern Arizona basketball player of the year, is now playing for the Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. He scored 21 points, making five three-pointers, in his final game before Christmas break on a team with several other college prospects. Nehls tweeted that he received his first Division I offer, from Central Connecticut State.Β 

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