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.
Terquavion Smith of
Farmville Central (Farmville) is the 2020-21 North Carolina High School Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound senior led the Jaguars to a 15-0 record en route to their third consecutive state title.
Smith averaged 25.6 points per game this season, including a career-high 50 against Trinity Academy in early February. Farmville Central went 76-2 during his final three seasons with the program and 98-6 over the course of his four-year career.
In Farmville Central's 113-98 state championship game victory over Hendersonville, Smith tallied 33 points, 10 assists, nine rebounds and five steals.
Signed
with North Carolina State, Smith is regarded as the No. 85 prospect in the Class
of 2021 according to 247Sports.
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.
Farmville Central won 98 games in Terquavion Smith's four years in the program.
Photo by Matthew Plyler
