​KYRIE IRVING

Kyrie Irving's High School career

 

Kyrie Irving played for Montclair Kimberley Academy his freshman and sophomore years in high school. He averaged 26.5 points, 10.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 3.6 steals and became The schools 2nd 1,000 point scorer. In  his sophmore year, he led MKA to its first Class B prep state title. After that year, he transferred to St. Patrick High School because he felt he needed a bigger challenge. He had to sit out the first 30 games of St. Patrick's season due to him transeferring to a different school. While at St. Patrick, Irving played with Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who was widely regarded as one of the best players in the class of 2011. In his first season at St. Patrick, Irving averaged 17.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 6.0 apg. and 2.0 spg. He also led his team to their third New Jersey Tournament of Champions title in four years. In August 2009, he played in the Nike Global Challenge in which he led the USA East to the tournament title. He was the MVP with 21.3 ppg. and 4.3 apg.The year after that, St. Patrick was banned from the state tournament for holding practice prior to the permitted start of the winter sports season. Even though they were banned,  St. Patrick went 24-3 and won the Union County Tournament championship. Kyrie finished his senior year with 24.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg. and 7.0 apg. He lettered twice in his two years playing at St. Patrick High School.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie_Irving