Stuart Lerwick of
Pine Bluffs is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Wyoming High School Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 senior forward led the Hornets to a 26-3 record and the Class 2A state championship.
For the season, Lerwick averaged 17.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He scored 25 points in a 69-57 semifinal win over Wind River before tossing in 24 points in the title contest.
Lerwick recorded season-highs with 32 points and 20 rebounds in a December win over Prospect Ridge of Colorado. He also had a pair of 29-point games as a senior.
Pine Bluffs went 49-6 during Lerwick's final two seasons in the program with back-to-back state crowns. Also a standout football player, he was named the 2022 Wyoming News Now Prep Athlete of the Year.
Deegan Williams of
Thunder Basin (Gillette) was the 2021-22 Wyoming Player of the Year.
Currently a freshman at Central Arizona College, Williams averaged 20.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 4.1 steals to help the Bolts reach the Class 4A state title game.
Each state's MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for
inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which will be released in
April. Past selections include 2023 NBA All-Stars Bam Adebayo (2016),
Jaylen Brown (2015), DeMar DeRozan (2008), Kevin Durant (2006), Anthony
Edwards (2019), De'Aaron Fox (2016), Jrue Holiday (2008), Jaren Jackson
(2017), Kyrie Irving (2010), Julius Randle (2013), Jayson Tatum (2016)
and Zion Williamson (2018).
