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P2P LACS Boys Basketball Honors
Birmingham standout Devante Doutrive is the Prep2Prep LACS Player of the Year.

ALL-LOS ANGELES CITY SECTION

Player of the Year
DEVANTE DOUTRIVE, BIRMINGHAM

By NICK SHOOK
Prep2Prep

Devante Doutrive was the leader of a loaded Birmingham team that won its first Open Division title in the L.A. City Section. Along with brother Devonaire Doutrive and teammate Deschon Winston, the Patriots finished 27-4, including a perfect 10-0 mark in league play. The Patriots lost to Chino Hills in the state tournament, but Devante Doutrive can look back on his season with pride after averaging 22.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for Birmingham.

Devonaire has another season to play at Birmingham, and the 6-foot-5 forward is ranked as the state’s second-best small forward, according to Scout. The junior has attracted offers from Arizona State, UTEP and Loyola Marymount, and is drawing interest from Oregon and Gonzaga. Devonaire scored 24 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the team’s section title-clinching win over Westchester.


Coach of the Year
NICK HALIC, BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham's Nick Halic is the Prep2Prep LACS Coach of the Year.

FIRST TEAM ALL-LACS

Devante Doutrive, Birmingham
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

Along with brother Devonaire, Doutrive led Birmingham to the section Open Division title. He averaged 22.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.


Deschon Winston, Birmingham
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

Winston averaged over 20 points per game in his first eight contests with the Patriots and kept it going from there as part of Birmingham’s run to the section championship.



Tyree Winborn, Van Nuys
Position: Guard
Year: Junior

Winborn’s stellar season helped Van Nuys win the section’s Division III championship and finish with more than 20 wins.



Luis Rodriguez, Westchester
Position: Forward
Year: Senior

Rodriguez was named the most outstanding player of the Western League after a season that saw the Comets finish 24-10 and 10-2 in league play.



Devonaire Doutrive, Birmingham
Position: Forward
Year: Junior

Both of the Doutrive brothers were part of a trio of standouts for Birmingham in the Patriots’ historic season that saw them win the section’s Open Division title.


SECOND TEAM ALL-LACS

Ethan Anderson, Fairfax
Position: Guard
Year: Sophomore

Anderson’s Lions were a threat all season, as they are almost every year, and despite suffering a knee injury, the sophomore was named co-MVP of the Western League with teammate Jamal Hartwell.


Jamal Hartwell, Fairfax
Position: Guard
Year: Junior

Named co-MVP of the Western League with teammate Ethan Anderson, Hartwell scored 15 points in a close win over Westchester during the regular season, which clinched the Western League title.


Mark Boland, Birmingham
Position: Guard
Year: Senior

The Doutrive brothers and Winston were known as Birmingham's big three, but Boland also played a major role in the Patriots' historic season. Boland scored 23 points in a win over El Camino Real, which clinched the West Valley League championship en route to a city section title, and also scored 29 points in a win over Saugus.



Anthony Ventura, Monroe
Position: Forward
Year: Senior

Ventura’s Monroe Vikings finished 16-10, but the senior averaged 23.1 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.



Olumayowa Akinsanya, Animo South
Position: Center
Year: Senior

Akinsanya averaged 16 points and 9.5 rebounds per game for Animo South in 2016-17.


THIRD TEAM ALL-LACS




HONORABLE MENTION:

CENTRAL CITY: Boe Nguidjol
CHAVEZ: Marcell Gray
CRENSHAW: Lamar Harris, Chris Kendrick
DORSEY: Jonathan Staggers
GARDENA: Dominique Alexander
NEW DESIGNS WATTS: Matthew Berry-Taylor, Dequon Hatter
PALISADES: Dayne Downey
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ: Joshua Jones Jr.
SOUTH GATE: David Mixon
UNIVERSITY: Jude Agbasi
VERDUGO HILLS: Dylan Anderson
WASHINGTON: Brandon Unaka
WESTCHESTER: Chris Simmons
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