Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) captured its seventh Chipotle Nationals title over the weekend with a 79-63 victory over MaxPreps Top 25 No. 1
Paul VI (Chantilly, Va.) in the championship game. That put the exclamation point on another dominant season for the program and secured the No. 1 ranking the the final National Top 10.
Recognized as a national champion by MaxPreps in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and now 2024, Montverde Academy is 344-27 under head coach Kevin Boyle since he took over prior
to the 2011-12 season. The Eagles have finished in the top
10 in 13 consecutive seasons.
Montverde Academy (34-0) leaned on a balanced attack this season with five players averaging double figures. Top-ranked Duke signee
Cooper Flagg averaged 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.6 blocked shots per game while five-star Maryland signee
Derik Queen tallied 16.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
Unsigned five-star senior
Liam McNeeley (12.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists), top 25 Baylor signee
Robert Wright III (12.2 points, 5.8 assists, 4.0 rebounds) and five-star Georgia signee
Asa Newell (11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds) rounded out players who averaged double-figures.
Top 100 LSU signee
Curtis Givens was also a key cog as seen in the Chipotle Nationals title game when he came off the bench to score a game-high 24 points.
This year's Eagles will go down as one of Boyle's best, outscoring opponents by 29.7 points per contest with a 20-0 record against nationally-ranked opponents. Just three games were decided by single digits.
NBA standouts to play under Boyle during his tenure include Scottie Barnes, R.J. Barrett, Cade Cunningham, Joel Embiid, D'Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons among others.
See the final National Top 10 of the 2023-24 season below.
Final National Top 10
Record: 34-0
Chipotle Nationals champion.
Record: 26-7
Record: 33-6
Record: 27-6
Record: 20-9
Record: 27-7
Record: 25-6
Record: 23-5
Record: 17-7
Past National Top 10 Champions
2012 – Oak Hill Academy
2013 – Montverde Academy
2017 – La Lumiere
2022 – Montverde Academy
2023 – Link Academy
