Troy McPherson had a great 3 year career for Brighton left a legacy on that program average 14 points per game his senior season last year went to a great boarding school called Rabun gap in Gerogia where he flourished averaged 10 a game shot 40 percent from the field he also had a great baseball season throwing 85 mph fast ball he’s a great student as well he’s had many college interest in baseball and in basketball decided to commit st lawerence university where I believe he will have a great career as a point guard works really hard and his in gym rat as well and a strong kid as well and coachable will succeed in life
Troy McPherson (Brighton High School; Rabun Gap School; Rochester, NY) will be attending St. Lawrence University in September where he will be a member of their basketball team.
6’0″ 180 lbs, Troy was 1st team All-Greater Rochester this season and unlike most high school players, Troy is physically and mentally ready to step in and play immediately at the college level.
Troy’s path to college and his prep school experience were not the norm. He left Brighton after his sophomore year and attended Rabun Gap (GA) for a year before deciding to return to Brighton for his senior year.
At RG, he played and excelled in both basketball (his first love) and baseball and did better and was more comfortable in the classroom than he was at BHS. In baseball, where southern competition is generally at a higher level than in the Northeast, he did well enough to make himself a legitimate D1 prospect.
Some, including local coaches with a negative bias about prep school in general, have pointed to this as evidence of a bad decision and as prep school on the whole as a bad idea. The family would disagree. There was nothing bad about RG that caused him to return and they believe he grew significantly from the experience. He learned what he needed to about himself and his talents, so was comfortable returning home. There’s a lot to be said for this. Some athletes and parents never get to this point.
The experience answered major questions for him in each sport and academically. He now knows better than most where he fits and why he’s making the decisions he has. Many families only make these discoveries and come to these conclusions once they get to college, where it’s often too late.
Troy had his choice of other D3 schools but knew pretty early on that St. Lawrence is where he wants to be. (It will be interesting to see if, at some point, he decides to play baseball again before college is over.) all from prep school connections page from Facebook