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Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
League | Big East Conference | ||||||||||||||
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Born | November 1, 2004 | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Newton (Covington, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||
College | UConn (2023–present) | ||||||||||||||
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Stephon Javonte Castle (born November 1, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2023 class.
Castle grew up in Covington, Georgia and attended Newton High School. [1] He averaged 16.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game as a junior. [2] He finished his senior year averaging 20.1 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists, three steals and two blocks per game to carry the Rams to the Class 7A state quarterfinals. [3] Castle was selected to play in the 2023 McDonald's All-American Boys Game during his senior year. [4]
Castle was initially rated a four-star recruit by most recruiting services. On November 19, 2021, he committed to playing college basketball for UConn during his junior year over offers from Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Ohio State. [5] By the end of his senior year Castle had been re-rated as a five-star recruit. [6] [7]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Stephon Castle PG / SG | Covington, GA | Newton (GA) | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Nov 19, 2021 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 10 247Sports: 9 ESPN: 12 | ||||||
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Castle enrolled at UConn in June 2023. [8]
Castle played for the United States under-18 basketball team at the 2022 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship. [9] He averaged 5.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game as the United States won the gold medal. [10]
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