Naples Daily News 2019 Boys Basketball All-Area Team

Player of the Year finalists

Izayel Louis Pierre

School: Immokalee

Year: Senior

Highlights: The 6-foot guard led the Indians to a 20-7 record and a regional appearance by scoring 26.3 points per game. He had scored 20 points or more in 20 games, including nine 30-point games, and had 15 points or more in every game. Louis Pierre averaged 6.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game and shot 55 percent from the field.

Preston Urbancic

School: First Baptist Academy

Year: Senior

Highlights: Urbancic scored 21.3 points per game in his fourth varsity season to lead the Lions to their first regional championship. The 6-2 guard made 85 3-pointers, shooting 45 percent from long range and 55 percent overall. Urbancic averaged 4.5 rebounds per game and graduates as FBA’s all-time leading scorer with 1,908 points.

Parker Weiss

School: Community School

Year: Senior

Highlights: One of the area’s top threats from deep, Weiss made 110 3-pointers and averaged 20 points per game. The 6-3 guard scored double figures in every game, leading the Seahawks to a 22-6 record and a district title. Weiss also averaged 4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2 steals per game and finished with 1,343 career points.

First team

Cardin Joubert

School: Gulf Coast

Year: Senior

Highlights: The 6-foot guard scored 18 points per game for the Sharks, who went 18-8. Joubert added 4 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game and finished with 1,018 career points in three varsity seasons.

Jovan Stulic

School: Seacrest

Year: Senior

Highlights: Despite being limited to 16 games by injuries, Stulic averaged 19.3 points per game. A 6-6 guard who came from Serbia two years ago, Stulic averaged 6.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists and will play at Division I program Arkansas-Little Rock next year.

Second team

Danny Amador, Palmetto Ridge

Tony Green, Naples

Matt Talko, Lely

Ryker Vance, Community School

Lovenson Xavier, Golden Gate

Third team

Austin Allison, St. John Neumann

Jodeci Chappa, Immokalee

Jacob Siegel, Community School

Isaiah Stewart, First Baptist Academy

Whitley Theork, Lely

Honorable mention

Barron Collier: Daniel Meleqi, Jayden Rolle

Community School: Jay Beshears

First Baptist Academy: Trevor Tracey, Peyton Urbancic

Golden Gate: Lazaro Esteves, Earl Rene

Gulf Coast: Klajd Kiri

Immokalee: Eddie Joseph, Obny St. Jean, Gio Ventura

Lely: Tahron Reese, McCline St. Tulus, Byntley Theork

Naples: Darius Bradley, Joseph Consolino, Mitch Kelly

Palmetto Ridge: Malique Dieudonne, Kamonte Grimes

St. John Neumann: Matt Bennett

Seacrest: Srdjan Kopunovic, Wilson Welkenbach

Coach of the year

Garrett Hull

School: Naples

Highlights: In his first season arriving at his alma mater after coaching at Immokalee, Hull inherited a team that lost its top six scorers from the year before and had just five players with varsity experience. Naples' 15-12 record is slightly above .500, however Hull guided the Golden Eagles to a district title and a state tournament appearance.

How we select the All-Area teams

At the conclusion of each high school season, the Naples Daily News staff sends area coaches a nomination form to select and rank players for our All-Area first teams and to also nominate athletes for second team and honorable mention. A combination of Naples Daily News research and the coaches’ player rankings lead to the teams being selected and three athletes being named finalists for player of the year. The three finalists are invited to The Southwest Florida Sports Awards to be held Tuesday, May 21 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, where a player of the year for each will be announced along with other honors. Jacksonville Jaguars fullback Tommy Bohanon, a North Fort Myers High School graduate, will be the featured speaker. Tickets for the event can be purchased at sportsawards.news-press.com.