Rabb with double honors

CalHiSports honors Ivan Rabb as its Junior and Division III Player of The Year:

Juniors & Division III
Ivan Rabb (Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland)

Considered by some as not only the top junior in California but in the nation, Rabb was the go-to player on a Dragons’ team that reached the CIF State Open Division championship game. Rabb averaged more than 25 points along with 16 rebounds and five blocks per game, he has received offers from schools like Connecticut, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky with coaches like North Carolina’s Roy Williams coming to Oakland to see him. He already has been named the San Francisco Chronicle’s All-Metro Player of the Year and was last season’s state sophomore of the year.

Three years ago, O’Dowd also had a player who was the State Junior of the Year and Division III State Player of the Year in center Brandon Ashley. He later transferred to Findlay Prep of Nevada for his senior season and played last season at Arizona. Of course, we’d love it if Ivan stays home because he could go down as one of the better players NorCal has produced in a generation.