Five-star talents Aaron Harrison, James Young, Matt Jones and Wayne Selden top MaxPreps.com's look at the nation's top twos.
Aaron Harrison averaged 18.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a junior at Fort Bend Travis, helping the Tigers reach the Texas Class 5A state championship game.
Photo by Alik McIntosh
For the second day in a row, one of the Harrison twins tops our position-by-position breakdown of the elite prospects in the Class of 2013.
Andrew Harrison earned the nod Monday as the
nation's top point guard.
This time its
Aaron Harrison checking in at No. 1 in the shooting guard category. At 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds, he averaged nearly 20 points per game as a junior at
Fort Bend Travis (Richmond, Texas) and erupted for 35 points in the second half of a club circuit game in May.
It seems highly unlikely that Andrew will relinquish his status as the top floor general, but the gap between Aaron and other elite shooting guards isn't quite as wide.
Versatile
James Young of
Troy (Mich.), sharpshooting
Matt Jones of
DeSoto (Texas) and burly
Wayne Selden of
Tilton School (N.H.) are certified stars that could make a push to be considered the top shooting guard in the class.
We used a liberal definition of the term "shooting guard" while compiling this list. There are a number of multi-positional players in this group that can operate from the point or as a third guard/small-forward-type.
Finally, there's a long list of prospect we hope to see (or see more of) in July – including
Robert Hubbs,
Matt Thomas and
Juwan Parker – for further consideration in our positional rankings.
MaxPreps will release updated class rankings for 2013 and 2014 in August, along with a watch list for 2015 prospects.
CLASS OF 2013 TOP 25 SHOOTING GUARDS
| Name | Stars | College |
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| 1 | Aaron Harrison, SGFort Bend Travis (Richmond, TX)6-5/210 |
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| 2 | James Young, SG/SFTroy (MI)6-6/215 |
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| 3 | Matt Jones, SGDeSoto (De Soto, TX)6-5/195 |
| Duke |
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| 4 | Wayne Selden, SGTilton School (Tilton, NH)6-5/230 |
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| 5 | Keith Frazier, SGKimball (Dallas, TX)6-5/190 |
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| 6 | Allerik Freeman, SGOlympic (Charlotte, NC)6-3/195 |
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| 7 | Billy Garrett Jr., SG/PGMorgan Park (Chicago, IL)6-5/190 |
| DePaul |
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| 8 | Isaac Hamilton, SGSt. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA)6-5/185 |
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| 9 | Brandon Austin, SG/PGImhotep Charter (Philadelphia, PA)6-6/170 |
| Penn State |
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| 10 | Xavier Rathan-Mayes, SGHuntington Prep (Huntington, WV)6-2/200 |
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| 11 | Kameron Williams, SGMount St. Joseph (Baltimore, MD)6-3/160 |
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| 12 | Anton Gill, SG/PGRavenscroft (Raleigh, NC)6-2/180 |
| Louisville |
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| 13 | Kendrick Nunn, SG/PGSimeon (Chicago, IL)6-3/180 |
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| 14 | Nick Emery, SGLone Peak (Highland, UT)6-1/175 |
| Brigham Young |
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| 15 | JaJuan Johnson, SGSouthwind (Memphis, TN)6-4/175 |
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| 16 | Malcolm Hill, SGEast (Belleville, IL)6-5/195 |
| Illinois |
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| 17 | Stanford Robinson, SGPaul VI (Fairfax, VA)6-3/185 |
| Indiana |
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| 18 | Davon Reed, SGPrinceton Day (Princeton, NJ)6-5/195 |
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| 19 | Solomon Poole, SG/PGParker (Jacksonville, FL)6-0/185 |
| Georgia Tech |
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| 20 | Elliott Pitts, SGDe La Salle (Concord, CA)6-4/180 |
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| 21 | Josh Hart, SGSidwell Friends (Washington, DC)6-4/195 |
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| 22 | Jordan Mathews, SGSanta Monica (CA)6-3/195 |
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| 23 | Kendall Stephens, SGEast (St. Charles, IL)6-4/175 |
| Purdue |
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| 24 | Jaron Hopkins, SG/PGBasha (Chandler, AZ)6-4/185 |
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| 25 | Josh Brown, SGSt. Anthony (Jersey City, NJ)6-3/180 |
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