Findlay Prep


Findlay Prep is a former high school basketball program located in Henderson, Nevada.

History

The program was created in 2006 by local businessman Cliff Findlay, who owns several car dealerships in the Las Vegas area. Despite closing its high school in 2010 due to the local economic downturn, the Findlay Prep players took high school classes at Henderson International School.
Findlay was part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, but they were ineligible to compete in state championships because they were allowed to recruit from outside the state. Instead, they competed for National High School Invitational championships, an 8 team tournament featuring the top high school teams in the country played in New York. They won a total of 3 national championships during their time, coming in 2009, 2010, and 2012, all under Mike Peck.
Through the years, Findlay produced 17 NBA players and over 70 Division I athletes. The program produced several international players as well from countries like Lithuania, Senegal, Canada, France, Georgia, and others. They had an all-time record of 381–43, with only 2 losses ever on their home court.
Paul Washington Sr. was named the program's head coach in August 2016. Due to its perceived overemphasis on basketball, critics have slammed it as a basketball factory that gives students hope of a pro career instead of education. School officials refuted these allegations arguing their students' "100% qualification rate" with the NCAA. Findlay Prep was branded as "non-scholastic" by the same organisation in 2013 and later affiliated themselves with the NIAA.
In 2019, after the completion of their season, the program unexpectedly shut down for unknown reasons.

Notable alumni

  • Ogo Adegboye – basketball player who played professionally in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and England
  • Curtis Dennis – basketball player who played professionally in Lebanon
  • Deividas Dulkys – NBA assistant coach and basketball player who played professionally in Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Turkey, and Spain
  • Jorge Gutierrez – former NBA player who plays professionally in Mexico
  • DeAndre Liggins – former NBA player who plays professionally in Saudi Arabia
  • Avery Bradley – All Defensive Team NBA player, won the 2020 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers
  • Guy Edi – basketball player who played professionally in France, Finland, Iceland, and Canada
  • D. J. Richardson – professional basketball player who played college basketball for Illinois
  • Victor Rudd – professional basketball player
  • Cory Joseph – NBA player, won the 2014 NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs
  • Tristan Thompson – NBA player, won the 2016 NBA Championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Amir Garrett – MLB player
  • Nick Johnson – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Dominic Artis – basketball player for the Çağdaş Bodrumspor
  • Brandon Ashley – professional basketball player
  • Anthony Bennett – NBA player, #1 Overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft
  • Amedeo Della Valle – professional basketball player
  • Landen Lucas – professional basketball player who played college basketball at Kansas
  • Naz Mitrou-Long – NBA player
  • Winston Shepard – professional basketball player
  • Nigel Williams-Goss – NBA player
  • Allerik Freeman – basketball player for KK Budućnost
  • Gavin Schilling – basketball player for U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro
  • Christian Wood – NBA player
  • Braian Angola – basketball player who played professionally for the NBA G League, in Belgium, Serbia, Israel, Greece, and Turkey
  • Kelly Oubre Jr. – NBA player
  • Dillon Brooks – NBA All Defensive Team player
  • Rashad Vaughn – NBA player
  • Aleksa Novaković – basketball player for BC Nizhny Novgorod
  • Allonzo Trier – NBA player
  • Derryck Thornton – Professional basketball player
  • Markus Howard – NBA player
  • Justin Jackson – basketball player who was drafted by the Denver Nuggets
  • Skylar Mays – NBA player
  • Oshae Brissett – NBA player
  • P. J. Washington – NBA player
  • Bol Bol – NBA player
  • Kyler Edwards — basketball guard in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Nathan Mensah - basketball center for Maccabi Tel Aviv who played college basketball at San Diego State
  • Dior Johnson – basketball player who plays for the University of Central Florida