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Emoni Bates is a 6-8, 200-pound Small Forward from Ypsilanti, MI.

Bates averaged 33.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.3 steals. The 2019 Ann Arbor News Player of the Year, Bates was also the 2019 MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year. Ranked as the nation’s No. 1 recruit among all high-school-age players by ESPN.com, he entered the district semifinals with 1,343 points in his prep basketball career.

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Ypsilanti High School senior Tristan Simmons is the AnnArbor.com Washtenaw County boys basketball Player of the Year. He averaged 17.2 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Phoenix, who were ranked among the top 10 Class A teams in the state at the end of the regular season.