Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in
high school basketball. America's source for high school sports continues
the tradition to close out the 2020-21 season by naming the top player in
each state. Selections are based on team success and individual
excellence, in addition to local and state accolades.
Tyriek Weeks of
Pilgrim (Warwick) is the 2020-21 Rhode Island High School Basketball Player of the
Year. The 6-foot-5, 170-pound senior led the Patriots to a 8-2 record en
route to the Division 2 state quarterfinals.
Weeks recorded a double-double in every game during his two years at Pilgrim, averaging 20.4 points, 17.4 rebounds and five blocked shots per outing this season.
He surpassed the 1,000-point milestone in the final game of the season, finishing with 23 points in a loss to Burrillville (Harrisville).
Weeks is regarded as the state's top prospect with offers from Massachusetts and Towson.
Each state's
MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the
MaxPreps All-America Team, which is scheduled to be released April 13.
