Video: High school basketball star Harry Giles transferring to Oak Hill Academy

By Staff Report Jul 29, 2015, 1:30pm

Legendary head coach Steve Smith adds nation’s top forward to 2014-15 roster.

Video: Harry Giles transferring to Oak Hill Academy
See elite power forward in action at EYBL Peach Jam earlier this month in South Carolina.

One of the nation's top high school basketball prospects announced Wednesday that he is transferring to one of the nation's top programs.

Harry Giles, a 6-foot-9, 225-pound power forward regarded as the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2016 class by 247Sports, announced via Twitter that he will spend his senior season at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.).Giles is moving on from Wesleyan Christian Academy (High Point, N.C.), where he posted 23.9 points and 12.5 rebounds per game en route to MaxPreps All-American honors as a junior. The Trojans finished the season ranked No. 12 nationally and were in the conversation for a preseason No. 1 ranking in 2015-16.

Under head coach Steve Smith, Oak Hill Academy has been recognized as high school basketball's national champion nine times. The Warriors went 47-1 and finished No. 2 last season.

Giles will join three other talented transfers at the rural Virginia school in the fall. Braxton Blackwell of Christ Presbyterian Academy (Nashville, Tenn.), Matt Coleman of Maury (Norfolk, Va.) and Mario Kegler of Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) via Mississippi have also announced intentions to transfer to Oak Hill Academy.



Interestingly, Giles got a first-hand look at his new team last season. Oak Hill Academy beat Wesleyan Christian Academy 82-59 in the Bass Pro Shops Tournament of Champions final in January.