Dominican national basketball team player Karl Towns Jr. won the award for the United States National High School Athlete of the Year (2013-2014), and the national prep athlete of the year. He was honored on Tuesday, 15 July in a ceremony in Los Angeles, California sponsored by Gatorade. He was chosen for athletic excellence, academic achievement, exemplary character.
Towns is a 7-footer who will be playing with the University of Kentucky next year. At his St. Joseph High School in New Jersey, he led the team to three straight state titles. He plays for the Dominican Republic becoming a national through his mom who is from the DR.
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