Largo's Cam Ward named 2024 Gatorade Maryland Boys Basketball POY
Largo's Cam Ward has been named the 2023-24 Gatorade Maryland Boys Basketball Player of the Year, it was announced on Thursday.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound junior forward led the Lions to a 25-2 record and the Class 2A state championship this past season. Ward averaged 26.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.7 steals, 2.4 assists and 2.1 blocks per game, and recorded 29 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and five steals in his team’s 66-52 win over Carver Vocational Tech in the state final. A 2023 Washington Post First Team All-Met selection, Ward is ranked as the nation’s No. 40 recruit in the Class of 2025 by ESPN. He concluded his junior year with 1,913 points in his prep basketball career.
Ward has volunteered locally at the Capitol Area Food Bank as part of the Team Durant Family Foundation. He has also donated his time as a youth basketball coach.
“Cam is a very special player,” said Jonathan Blackmon, head coach of Fairmont Heights High School. “Now that he can score from all three levels, along with his athleticism, that makes him unstoppable.”
Ward has maintained a 3.39 GPA in the classroom.
