This year’s all-county/all-city boys’ basketball player of the year, Drew Royal, has announced plans to continue his playing career at Hargrave Military Academy.
Royal led Auburn to the regional playoffs for the third straight year.
Hargrave is known for preparing its postgrad basketball players for the higher level of NCAA play. It’s the military aspect of the school, Royal believes will also serve him. well in the academic area.
“I am extremely grateful to Hargrave for noticing my abilities, and willingness to help me achieve my potential,” he said this weekend during the announcement.
“My goal is also to help Hargrave win a Prep School national championship,” he said.
Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia with a current enrollment of 200 students.
The school has won three National Prep Championships since a formal tournament began in the mid-2000s. The program has produced hundreds of players that went on to play NCAA Division 1 basketball, and 26 that have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association.
Hargrave’s basketball program was named “Program of the Decade” by RealGM in 2012 after a study showing that Hargrave produced more successful college basketball players than any other prep school or high school in the nation.
At Hargrave, Royal will join a familiar face from the past few years as George Wythe’s Reed Kirtner has also announced plans to attend the prep school.
