EJ Horton

Position:
Guard
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chicago, IL
High School:
Orangeville Academy (Canada)

High School
Graduated from Orangeville Academy in Mono, Ontario, Canada in the EYBL Scholastic League...Averaged 11 points and 1.5 steals per game as a senior at Orangeville while playing against the nation's best prep prospects...Selected to play in the Cwench All Canadian Games, which is an all star game between the top high school seniors in all of Canada...His 11.0 scoring average ranked 25th best in the EYBL Scholastic League, which featured 21 of the nation's top 125 ranked prospects...Scored 23 points and had eight assists in a win over EYBL regular season champion Wasatch Academy...As a junior he attended Phillips Academy in Chicago where he led them to the 2024 Illinois 2A State title, its first state championship in 49 years...Horton was named 2024 Illinois First Team All State...Averaged better than 20 points per game as a junior at Phillips...Led Phillips to a 25-9 overall record his junior season...Grew up in Bartow, Florida, and attended Bartow High School where he played on the varsity boys basketball team as a freshman and sophomore...Helped lead Bartow High School to the Florida State Tournament Regional Quarterfinal as a freshman