Gay was named as the Washington Post All-Met Basketball Player of the Year along with the McDonald’s and Parade Magazine All-American First Teams during the senior year. He was named to the first team for the entire league in both seasons, junior and senior, while also being named as the Co-Player of the Year, by Baltimore Sun. Gay moved to the Archbishop Spalding High School, showcasing his skill at the All-Baltimore Catholic League.
Gay was advised to look at private schools, after his sophomore season, in order to improve his bid to play for some of the top university teams in the country. His first two years were spent at Eastern Technical High School, a blue ribbon academic institution. Gay was already sought after amongst private schools and attended Eastern Technical High School before transferring to Archbishop Spalding High School. Gay played against some of the best in the country while playing in the Tom Jones Youth Summer League.īy the time he turned 14, Gay was already under the Cecil-Kirk AAU program, a special program for blue-chip players and played alongside the likes of Josh Boone and Chester Frazier. At the tender age of 12, Gay was introduced to the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) where he played for the Turner Station Community at one of the toughest youth basketball leagues in the country.
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is a professional basketball player from the United States of America who plays as a small forward.