High school basketball: Keyonte George, Dior Johnson and Mikey Williams among impact transfers

Montverde Academy, IMG Academy, AZ Compass Prep, Prolific Prep and Link Academy among programs re-shaping rosters.

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Sep 2, 2021, 11:00am
The 2021-22 high school basketball transfer season has been a busy one with 28 of the Top 100 Class of 2022 prospects and over 50 four- and five-star prospects one the move. Top independent programs continue to reload in unprecedented fashion with Montverde Academy (Fla.), AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.), Prolific Prep (Calif.) and Link Academy (Mo.) making the biggest splashes.

Top 100 prospects joining the aforementioned programs include Skyy Clark, Kwame Evans Jr., Vincent Iwuchukwu, Dillon Mitchell and Derik Queen headed to Montverde Academy, Dylan Andrews and Mookie Cook transferring to AZ Compass Prep, Dior Johnson, M.J. Rice, Zion Sensley and Tre White teaming up at Prolific Prep and newly-minted Link Academy debuting with Omaha Biliew, Julian Phillips and Tarris Reed.

See our rundown of impact transfers below along with over 70 additional names of key transfers that are expected to move the needle at new schools in 2021-22.
Baye Fall throws down a dunk in last year's Colorado Class 3A state championship game.
Baye Fall throws down a dunk in last year's Colorado Class 3A state championship game.
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Top 50 impact transfers

Previous school: Osborne (Marietta, Ga.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: SF | Year: 2024
247Sports ranking: N/A

Previous school: Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: CG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 32

Previous school: Coppell (Texas)
Height: 6-7 | Position: CG  | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 38

Omaha Biliew, Link Academy (Branson, Mo.)
Previous school: Waukee (Iowa)
Height: 6-8 | Position: PF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 2

Previous school: Little Rock Christian Academy (Little Rock, Ark.)
Height: 6-2 | Position: PG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 55

Previous school: St. George's (Middletown, R.I.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: SF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 23

Previous school: De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 103

Aaron Clark, Brewster Academy
Previous school: St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.)
Height: 6-6 | Position: SG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 45

Previous school: Ensworth (Nashville, Tenn.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: PG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 11

Mookie Cook, AZ Compass Prep
Previous school: Jefferson (Portland, Ore.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: SF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 9

Kam Craft, The Skill Factory (Atlanta, Ga.)
Previous school: Buffalo Grove (Ill.)
Height: 6-5 | Position: SG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 71

Previous school: Heritage Christian (Northridge, Calif.)
Height: 6-4 | Position: SG | Year: 2024
247Sports ranking: N/A

Previous school: King's Fork (Suffolk, Va.)
Height: 6-2 | Position: CG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 61

Kwame Evans Jr., Montverde Academy
Previous school: Poly (Baltimore, Md.)
Height: 6-9 | Position: SF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 7

Previous school: Lutheran (Parker, Colo.)
Height: 6-10 | Position: C | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 8

Previous school: Gray Collegiate Academy (West Columbia, S.C.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: PF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 33

Previous school: iSchool (Lewisville, Texas)
Height: 6-4 | Position: SG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 2

Braelon Green, Southern California Academy (Castaic, Calif.)
Previous school: Lincoln (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: CG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 68

Previous school: Wayzata (Plymouth, Minn.)
Height: 6-5 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 101

Previous school: Covenant Day (Matthews, N.C.)
Height: 6-0 | Position: PG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 39

Dillon Hunter, Sunrise Christian Academy
Previous school: Ypsi Prep Academy (Ypsilanti, Mich.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: SG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 82

Jacoi Hutchinson, IMG Academy
Previous school: DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.)
Height: 6-2 | Position: SG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 52

Previous school: Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah)
Height: 6-2 | Position: PG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 37

Vincent Iwuchukwu, Montverde Academy
Previous school: La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.)
Height: 7-0 | Position: C | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 22

Previous school: Centennial (Corona, Calif.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: PG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 7

Koren Johnson, Wasatch Academy
Previous School: Garfield (Seattle)
Height: 6-1 | Position: PG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 111

Previous school: Teays Valley Christian (Scott Depot, W.Va.)
Height: 6-4 | Position: SG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 59

Alex Karaban, IMG Academy
Previous school: New Hampton (N.H.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: PF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 72

Jaxon Kohler, Southern California Academy
Previous School: American Fork (Utah)
Height: 6-8 | Position: PF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 63

Kamari Lands, Hillcrest Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Previous school: Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 33

Previous school: Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.)
Height: 6-3 | Position: CG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 78

Mark Mitchell, Sunrise Christian Academy
Previous school: Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 10

Dillon Mitchell, Montverde Academy
Previous school: Bishop McLaughlin (Spring Hill, Fla.)
Height: 6-7 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 28

Julian Phillips, Link Academy
Previous school: Blythewood (S.C.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: PF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 23

Derik Queen, Montverde Academy
Previous school: St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: PF | Year: 2024
247Sports ranking: N/A

Devin Ree, Oak Hill Academy
Previous school: Terry (Miss.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 80

Tarris Reed, Link Academy
Previous school: Chaminade (St. Louis, Mo.)
Height: 6-9 | Position: C | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 69

M.J. Rice, Prolific Prep
Previous school: Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)
Height: 6-5 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 20

Zion Sensley, Prolific Prep
Previous school: Archbishop Riordan (San Fransisco, Calif.)
Height: 6-8 | Position: SF | Year: 2024
247Sports ranking: N/A

Shawn Simmons, Hillcrest Prep
Previous school: Friends' Central (Wynnewood, Pa.)
Height: 6-6 | Position: SF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 52

Previous school: Sylvan Hills (Sherwood, Ark.)
Height: 6-4 | Position: CG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 25

Justin Taylor, IMG Academy
Previous school: St. Anne's-Bellfield (Charlottesville, Va.)
Height: 6-6 | Position: SG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 62

Previous school: Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)
Height: 6-10 | Position: C | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 67

Milos Uzan, Dream City Christian
Previous school: Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)
Height: 6-4 | Position: PG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 76

Jordan Walsh, Southern California Academy
Previous school: Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy (Dallas, Texas)
Height: 6-7 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 54

Akil Watson, Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.)
Previous school: Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.)
Height: 6-9 | Position: PF | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 27

Chance Westry, Hillcrest Prep
Previous school: Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.)
Height: 6-6 | Position: SF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 30

Tre White, Prolific Prep
Previous school: Ribet Academy (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Height: 6-5 | Position: SG | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 47

Mikey Williams, Vertical Prep (Charlotte, N.C.)
Previous school: Lake Norman Christian (Davidson, N.C.)
Height: 6-2 | Position: CG | Year: 2023
247Sports ranking: No. 5

Kijani Wright, Sierra Canyon
Previous school: Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Height: 6-9 | Position: PF | Year: 2022
247Sports ranking: No. 12

Other key transfers

Class of 2022
Amaree Abram (6-3, G) to Southern California Academy
Max Allen (6-8, C) to AZ Compass Prep
Jerome Beya (6-9, F) to Sunrise Christian Academy
T.J. Caldwell (6-4, G) to Southern California Academy
Quadir Copeland (6-6, G) to IMG Academy
Cameron Corhen (6-9, C) to Sunrise Christian Academy
Robert Cowherd (6-3, G) to Southern California Academy
Jaden Daughtry (6-6, W) to AZ Compass Prep
Cruz Davis (6-3, G) to Huntington Prep
Justyn Fernandez (6-5, G) to IMG Academy
Jeremy Gregory (6-7, F) to Oak Hill Academy
Bobi Klintman (6-8, W) to Sunrise Christian Academy
Taj Manning (6-6, F) to La Lumiere
Paul McMillan (6-3, G) to Hillcrest Prep
Jonathan Murray (6-7, F) to Milton
Isaac Peralta (6-1, G) to Coronado
Shawn Phillips (6-10, C) to Dream City Christian
Nate Pickens (6-3, G) to Dream City Christian
Kyran Ratliff (6-8, F) to Dream City Christian
Jalen Reed (6-9, F) to Southern California Academy
Christian Reeves (7-1, C) to Oak Hill Academy
Mor Seck (7-0, C) to Prolific Prep
Colin Smith (6-8, F) to AZ Compass Prep
AJ Storr (6-5, G) to IMG Academy
Kamryn Thomas (6-8, W) to Dream City Christian
Mady Traore (6-11, C) to Bull City Prep (Durham, N.C.)
Lamar Washington (6-4, G) to AZ Compass Prep
Cole Webster (6-8, F) to Coronado

Class of 2023
Matai Baptiste (6-7, F) to Combine Academy
Chase Clemons (6-0, G) to Legacy Early College
Hampton Dauparas (6-5, F) to La Lumiere
Drew Fielder (6-8, F) to Southern California Academy
James Johns Jr. (6-5, G) to Long Island Lutheran
Jordan Marsh (5-11, G) to Oak Hill Academy
Scotty Middleton (6-6, W) to Sunrise Christian Academy
Quentin Wright (6-4, G) to iSchool
Anthony Wrzeszcz (6-4, G) to Wasatch Academy

Class of 2024
Amier Ali (6-8, W) to Montverde Academy
Jason Asemota (6-7, W) to Hillcrest Prep
Maya Bote (6-11, C) to Combine Academy
Z.Z. Clark (6-2, G) to Montverde Academy
Trentyn Flowers (6-7, G) to Huntington Prep
Zion Gardner (6-7, F) to Word of God Christian Academy
Gabe Grant (6-10, F) to Brewster Academy
Trey Green (5-11, G) to Link Academy
Kyle Greene (6-2, G) to Pace Academy
Dink Pate (6-6, G) to Prolific Prep
Chris Riddle (6-4, G) to AZ Compass Prep
T.J. Robinson (6-1, G) to Bishop Walsh
Tarik Watson (6-8, F) to Roselle Catholic

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