Koa Peat, Perry Pumas on their Arizona Open Division state championship win
Koa Peat, D’Andre Harrison and coach Sam Duane Jr. speak after their Open Division state championship win over Sunnyslope on March 8, 2025.
Before taking off to Brooklyn for the McDonald’s All-American Game, Gilbert Perry senior Koa Peat will make his college basketball announcement Thursday at 9:10 a.m., on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN.
Peat, a 6-foot-8 five-star recruit, who led Perry to four straight state championships, has narrowed his colleges to Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Houston and Texas.
Arizona and Houston both are playing this weekend in the Sweet 16.
Peat, rated among the top 10 2025 high school basketball prospects in the country by recuiting sites, averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds this season. For a third straight year, he was named the Gatorade Arizona high school basketball Player of the Year.
Perry coach Sam Duane Jr., said, Peat won’t be making the announcement from Perry, because he is getting ready to leave for the McDonald’s All-American Game, which is played Tuesday at Barclays Center in New York.
Peat played in Perry’s last two state tournament games with a fractured shooting hand suffered in practice prior to the Open quarterfinals. Duane said Peat may not play in the McDonald’s game, but, then again, he wouldn’t put it past him that he would find a way into the game.
Duane, who stepped down this week as basketball coach after leading the Pumas to four straight state titles to take a job with the Mesa Public Schools, said that Peat will sign his national letter of intent at Perry High School on April 16.
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