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ALL-USA Boys Basketball First Team: Josh Jackson, Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.)

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USA TODAY High School Sports is unveiling the 2015-16 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Boys Basketball Teams as selected by Jim Halley with input from USA TODAY Sports’ Jason Jordan, high school coaches and recruiting experts.

FIRST TEAM: Honoring the top players

VIDEO: Our breakdown of the first team

COACH OF THE YEAR: Steve Baik, Chino Hills (Calif.)

SECOND TEAM: See who made the second team

THIRD TEAM: See who made the third team

PLAYER PROFILE:

Name: Josh Jackson

School: Prolific Prep, Napa, Calif.

Position: Guard

Height: 6-7

College: Uncommitted

Details: The senior, a native of Detroit, averaged 26.9 points, 13.1 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game. He is 19-0 while playing for various USA Basketball teams.

First car: Hummer H2

Best athlete in my family: My mother (Apple Jones, who played for UTEP and had a WNBA tryout)

Hidden talent: Chess

Favorite musician: Future (who was born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn)

Biggest name on my phone: Draymond Green (of the Golden State Warriors).

Favorite teacher: “My chemistry teacher from last year, Mr. Chappele. He’s a really funny guy and chemistry is a really interesting subject. Every class he’d mix chemicals and blowing something up. It was never a dull moment.”

Who’s hotter than Rihanna: “Yes, my girlfriend (Kysre Gondredzick) is more beautiful than Rihanna.”

Twitter or Instagram: “Instagram. There’s less reading and I’m more a visual type of person.”

If he wasn’t a basketball star he’d be: “Either a coach or a police officer. I’m talking like CSI Miami private investigator type.”


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