High school basketball: AJC recognizes top metro, state players

Mikayla Coombs of Wesleyan and Wendell Carter of Pace Academy, two McDonald’s All-Americans who led their schools to state championships, are The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s basketball players of the year.

Coombs, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, averaged 16.9 points, seven rebounds, 4.5 assists and four steals for the 28-4 Wolves.

Carter, a 6-foot-10 forward, averaged 22.7 points, 15.5 rebounds and 5.8 blocks per game for Pace Academy, which he led to state titles in boys basketball for the first times in 2016 and 2017.

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> AJC boys all-state team

> AJC girls all-state team

> AJC boys all-metro team

> AJC girls all-metro team

> HS basketball: Final rankings, state title game recaps, photos and more

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