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Austin Rivers,(born 1993 in Winter Park, Florida), he is an American high school basketball player at Winter park high school in winter park Florida. He stands at 6-foot-4, 189 pounds. He is the son of Boston Celtics current head coach‘‘Doc’’ Rivers, a thirteen year veteran who played in the NBA for the Atlanta hawks. Austin is a high school basketball superstar with a unique game and dominating cross over. His outstanding ability has given him national recognition. In 2009 Austin was the Gatorade Player of the Year for high school basketball along side with his AAU teammate Brandon knight another great high school athlete who spit the award with Austin, the prestigious award only given to top performers and elite athletes with extreme talents. Austin verbally committed to the University of Florida as a sophomore. Austin River’s older siblings are athletes also his older brother Jeremiah Rivers played for winter park high school in 2006, also he was a phenom, and went on to play college basketball at Georgetown and won a national NCAA championship playing basketball at the Georgetown University and is currently playing basketball at Indiana University. Austin’s Sister Callie Rivers attend the University of Florida and is a starter on the division 1 volleyball team. Austin is still attending high school at winter park and is ranked number 1 in his graduation class of 2011. He is a pure shoot and continues to follow in his father footsteps. High school Austin is major scoring threat, he specializes in scoring off jumpers. He also has an array of moves and finishes strong going to the basket. He is a great passer. Austin was acknowledged in 2009 as the Gatorade national boy’s basketball player of the year. As a freshman at Winter park high school in 2007-2008, Austin averaged 13.9 points per game. His sophomore year in 2008-2009 he averaged 23.6 points. Currently as a junior, he is averages just over 24 points per game. He is nationally known and is at near superstardom not only for his talents but also because of his last name. Austin has not won a state championship but has been to the boys basketball state title game played in Lakeland Florida as a sophomore. He is a naturally talented athlete and works extremely hard.

AAU A majority of Austin rivers success came from playing for the AAU basketball team named Each One Teach One located in Orlando Florida. The NBA basketball player Amare Stoudemire sponsors this team. Austin played this past summer in 09 with this AAU team and was a top performer. He attended the Lebron James skills academy in Ohio and was the top player there as a sophomore entering his junior year during the summer of 2009. Austin has numerous achievements in AAU and topped the competition at the peach jam, boost mobile elite 24 game in New York and AAU nationals.

College recruiting

Austin Rivers has verbally committed to the University of Florida despite interest from other schools the list includes Duke, Texas, north Carolina, Kansas, university of central Florida, and the list continues. He is getting recognition from all the major conferences in college basketball. Including the Sec, Acc, big 12, and many others. Many college coaches are after Austin and still have time to make him change his mind when it comes to attending college. Austin Rivers has only verbally committed to the University of Florida and is still in high demand from tons of schools nation wide. Awards and Honors 2009 Gatorade player of the year, 2009 Orange county player of the year 1st team all state select 08 and 09 Mvp of high school team 09

References http://www.nbadraft.net/players/austin-rivers http://bluedevilnation.net/2009/08/2011-prospect-austin-rivers-talks-upcoming-visits-and-more/ http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/AphTDURiQUaP0iPpqXIytg/basketball-winter-07-08/stats-austin-rivers.htm http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/nRycRFQZPUuN3jRx8qft4Q/basketball-winter-09-10/stats-austin-rivers.htm http://www.highschoolhoop.com/recruiting-news/2009/09/exclusive-austin-rivers-stays-committed-to-florida-but-is-loving-duke/ http://accbasketballrecruiting.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/austin-rivers-list-includes-unc/

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