India's Pranav Prince signs with First Love Christian Academy in US

WASHINGTON: The NBA Academy India's Pranav Prince has signed up with the First Love Christian Academy, a private high school in Washington, Pennsylvania.

The 17-year old becomes the second male student-athlete from the NBA Academy India to get a high-school basketball scholarship in the US.

Prince first participated in the 2016-17 Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program before joining the NBA Academy India in 2018 as a part of academy's second class of student-athletes identified through the ACG-NBA Jump program.

The 6-6 guard represented the NBA Academy India at the 2018 and 2019 NBA Academy Games in Australia and the US, respectively. He led the NBA Academy India in scoring (15.3) and rebounding (8.8) in the Stage 1 of Euro Youth Basketball League in Hungary in 2019.

Prince was one of the 23 NBA Academy prospects from 15 countries selected to participate in the NBA Global Academy Development Camp in Australia in November 2019. IANS 

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