Huntington Prep School

School

Huntington Prep was originally housed within St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, a religious school, but in 2020 ended that relationship. The students were regular St. Joseph's students and had to abide by the rules and regulations of the high school. After becoming an accepted part of the school, Huntington Prep became Huntington St. Joseph Prep (even wearing the St. Joe emblem on the uniforms). Since 2021, Huntington Prep became part of Cabell County Schools after they moved host schools to Huntington High School.

Basketball program

Huntington Prep is a highly ranked basketball program and features some of the world's top high school-level players.

The team practices at the Marshall University Rec Center and resides in Huntington, West Virginia, with "home" games formerly played at the now demolished Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse, then the St. Joseph High School gym. They now play at Huntington High School, with some home games scheduled at Marshall University's Cam Henderson Center.

Huntington Prep's first player to be drafted in the NBA was former Louisville Cardinal and national champion Gorgui Dieng in 2013, and was later selected 21st overall by the Utah Jazz. Later that year in 2013, Andrew Wiggins was the number one pick in the 2014 NBA draft after playing college basketball for the University of Kansas.

Notable alumni

• Gorgui Dieng (2010), basketball player who played for ten seasons in the NBA for four teams
• Sim Bhullar (2012), basketball player who played for the Sacramento Kings, first player of Indian descent to play in the NBA
• Javontae Hawkins (2012), basketball player who plays professionally in China
• Stefan Jankovic (2012), basketball player who played professionally overseas
• Moses Kingsley (2013), basketball player who played professionally overseas
• Xavier Rathan-Mayes (2013), basketball player who played for the Memphis Grizzlies
• Andrew Wiggins (2013), basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, NBA All-Star
• Josh Perkins (2014), basketball player who plays professionally in Greece
• Thomas Bryant (2015), basketball player for the Indiana Pacers
• Miles Bridges (2016), basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets
• Onuralp Bitim (2017), basketball player who played for the Chicago Bulls
• Chris Smith (2017), basketball player who plays professionally in Israel
• Keldon Johnson (2018), basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs
• Jaemyn Brakefield (2020), basketball player for the Ole Miss Rebels
• Jonathan Kuminga (2020 - transferred), basketball player for the Golden State Warriors
• Joshua Primo (2020 - transferred), basketball player who played for the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers
• JT Thor (2020 - transferred), basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Trentyn Flowers (2023 - transferred), basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers
• Darryn Peterson (2025 - transferred), five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2025 recruiting class

References

References

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