Inner City Toronto, ON native extends career in Utah

Koby McEwen is taking his talents to Utah State.

McEwen, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound guard, is listed among ESPN’s Top 100 2016 class recruits and is listed as the 19th best point guard playing in the USA and second best player in the state of Utah.

McEwen is in his senior year at Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant), where he turned in 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a junior. He logged season highs of 30 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists and five steals during the year en route to being named to the 2A all-state team by the Salt Lake Tribune.

McEwen played AAU with CIA Bounce and was also being recruited by Baylor, Ole Miss, Eastern Kentucky, Georgia Tech, New Mexico State, Texas Tech and Wake Forest. McEwen had a breakout performance at the Adidas Nation event in Long Beach, California, during the summer, averaging 21 points, five rebounds, three steals and 2.8 assists against some of the nation’s best.

“Koby is a big, strong, athletic point guard,” Utah State men’s basketball head coach Tim Duryea told the Desert News. “He is a tenacious competitor, a very solid shooter and his work ethic for improving is as good as any player that we have ever recruited. He has an insatiable appetite for basketball, for being in the gym and working out. He has the ability to be a tremendous defender and will be one of the better rebounding point guards that we have ever had here.”

McEwen is also a former Canada Basketball cadet. He participated at both the 2013 U16 FIBA Americas in Uruguay and the U17 FIBA World Championships in Dubai.

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