After a sensational junior season at Warren Township High School in Gurnee, Ill., that saw him secure his second consecutive Illinois Mr. Basketball and Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year Awards, Iowa basketball's coveted 2027 four-star target Jaxson Davis announced he will be transferring to a prep school for his senior year.
Davis announced that he is transferring to the newly-formed Monarch Academy in Kansas City, Kan., in Nike’s EYBL Scholastic League
“It is with great excitement, yet mixed emotions, that I announce my commitment to spend my senior year at Monarch Academy,” Davis wrote in his announcement. “My goal has always been to challenge myself, continue growing and become the best player I can be, and after careful consideration, I believe the opportunity to compete on the EYBL circuit will provide the highest level of competition and best prepare me for the transition from high school basketball to the high-major collegiate level.”
The 6-foot-1, 165-pound point guard is now ranked as the No. 42 player overall, as the No. 11 point guard, and as the top player in Kansas, per 247Sports.
In his junior year, Davis averaged 23.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 ****** ists and 3.5 steals for the Blue Devils (30-4), who eventually lost in the Illinois High School ****** ociation (IHSA) Class 4A sectional semifinals this year after advancing to the state championship game in 2025.
Davis announced that he is transferring to the newly-formed Monarch Academy in Kansas City, Kan., in Nike’s EYBL Scholastic League
“It is with great excitement, yet mixed emotions, that I announce my commitment to spend my senior year at Monarch Academy,” Davis wrote in his announcement. “My goal has always been to challenge myself, continue growing and become the best player I can be, and after careful consideration, I believe the opportunity to compete on the EYBL circuit will provide the highest level of competition and best prepare me for the transition from high school basketball to the high-major collegiate level.”
The 6-foot-1, 165-pound point guard is now ranked as the No. 42 player overall, as the No. 11 point guard, and as the top player in Kansas, per 247Sports.
In his junior year, Davis averaged 23.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 ****** ists and 3.5 steals for the Blue Devils (30-4), who eventually lost in the Illinois High School ****** ociation (IHSA) Class 4A sectional semifinals this year after advancing to the state championship game in 2025.
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