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Zach Collins (born November 19, 1997) is an American high school basketball player from Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a consensus 5-star prospect, and one of the top rated basketball players in the class of 2016. He has signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at Gonzaga University.
High school Career
Zach Collins played high school basketball at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he helped to lead his school to four consecutive state championships. For his first 3 seasons at Bishop Gorman, Collins came off the bench and played alongside fellow 7-footers and McDonald's All-Americans Stephen Zimmerman and Chase Jeter.
Zach Collins made the most of his senior year, averaging 17.3 points, 14 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 6.4 blocked shots on his way to the most valuable player of Nevada's Southwest League and the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year award. Collins also broke Nevada's single-season record for most rebounds and blocked shots during his senior season.
In the summer of 2015, Zach Collins competed in the FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, where he teamed up with Jalek Felton, Peyton Pritchard, and P.J. Washington and won the USA tournament. His team moved on to represent the USA at the 2015 World Championship in Debrecen, Hungary, where they finished in eighth place. His team advanced to the final 16 where they defeated Poland, but then lost a close game to France, featuring fellow Gonzaga commit Killian Tillie, in the quarter-finals.
Despite only being rated as a 4-star prospect, Collins was named to the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game. Collins was the first McDonald's All-American to commit to Gonzaga out of high school, but three other McDonald's All-American transferred to Gonzaga after attending other colleges: Micah Downs, Kyle Wiltjer, and Nigel Williams-Goss. Collins helped to lead the West squad to a 114-107 win in the while scoring 9 points, along with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals on 3-for-5 fields goals and 1-for-2 3-pointers in 12 minutes of play.
Recruiting
In the winter of 2015, during Zach Collins' junior year in high school, he took official visits to California, San Diego State, Utah, New Mexico, and Gonzaga, as well as unofficial visits to UNLV. After his junior year, in March 2015, Zach Collins made the decision to commit to Gonzaga. He signed with the Zags in the early signing period as the jewel to Gonzaga's highest-ranked recruiting class in school history.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Collins C | Las Vegas, NV | Bishop Gorman | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Mar 16, 2015 | |
Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #38 Rivals: #21 247Sports: #20 ESPN: #37 | ||||||
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Awards and Honors
- McDonald's All-American (2016)
- Nevada All-Southwest League MVP (2016)
- Nevada first-team All-Southwest League (2016)
- 4x Nevada Division I state championship titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)