Friday, April 3, 2009

Preston Hartman named Captain of AA All-State Third Team; Green named Honorable Mention

KEYSER—Keyser Golden Tornado senior basketball players Preston Hartman and Jeremy Green were voted as members of the Class AA All-State basketball team, released Thursday night.
Hartman, named captain of the third team, averaged a double-double for Gary Liston’s Golden Tornado, finishing the season averaging 15.6 points per game, 11.1 rebounds per game.
He wraps up his career at Keyser with 1,114 career points.
Hartman was selected as the News-Tribune Player of the Year for Keyser and as a member of the All-Area team.
Green was also selected as a member of the All-Area team.
Both players were also selected first-team All-Allegheny Mountain Athletic Conference.
Hartman and Green led Keyser to a sectional title and to within one game of the state tournament in Charleston.
Wyoming East and Oak Hill each placed two players on the first team.
Gentry Shrewsbury of Wyoming East was named the AA Player of the Year.
The 6-4 senior averaged 21 points per game.
The teams were voted on by members of the West Virginia Sportswriters Association.