Michael Porter, Jr.
Nathan Hale High School
Impact Statement
Porter finished his four-year career in high school with 3,427 points.
Biography
Michael Porter had an outstanding senior season leading his team to a perfect 29-0 record and a Washington Class 3A state championship.
Porter, who will attend the University of Missouri in the fall, finished the 2016-17 season averaging a double-double with 36.2 points per game and 13.6 rebounds with five assists, 3.2 steals and 2.7 blocks. Porter, who transferred from Father Tolton High School Missouri before his senior season when his father was hired as a coach at the University of Washington, finished his four-year career in high school with 3,427 points.
Gatorade and USA TODAY have also named Porter the Player of the Year, plus he won the Naismith Player of the Year Award as the top college recruit in the nation. Porter maintained an A-average in the classroom, plus he volunteered on behalf of his church’s youth ministry.
Porter is the first athlete from Washington to win the NHSCA Boys’ Basketball Senior Athlete of the Year Award.
Porter played for one season at Missouri after undergoing back surgery. He declared his intent to enter the NBA draft at the conclusion of the NCAA tournament. He was the 14th selection in the first round being scooped up by the Denver Nuggets.
On December 29, Porter made his first career start for the Nuggets.
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