Huntington Prep School

Huntington Prep is housed within St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, a religious school.[2] The students are regular St. Joseph's students and must abide by the rules and regulations of the high school. After becoming an accepted part of the school, Huntington Prep is now Huntington St. Joseph Prep (even wearing the St. Joe emblem on the uniforms).[3][4]

Huntington Prep is one of the top ten basketball programs in the nation and features some of the top high school level players in the world, including 2013 graduate Andrew Wiggins.[5]

All students are considered NCAA Division I prospects[6] and are recruited by some of the top programs in the country. They practice at the Marshall Rec Center and live in Huntington, WV, with "home" games played at St. Joseph High School gym, and formerly at the now demolished Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse.[7]

The team's original nickname was the "Express," which was a derivative of the nickname of the former Huntington High School, "Pony Express", while acknowledging the city's railroad heritage. Huntington Prep has now changed their nickname to the "Fighting Irish", the same as St. Joe's other teams.

St. Joseph also fields a boys varsity and boys JV team, and a girls varsity and JV team in basketball. The girls team has won 8 state championships in the last 10 years in WV Class A.

The school colors are Carolina Blue and yellow and the team is under contract with Adidas.

Huntington Prep's first player to be drafted in the NBA was former Louisville Cardinal and national champion Gorgui Dieng in 2013. Gorgui was selected 21st overall by the Utah Jazz and then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

2013 graduate Andrew Wiggins was the number one pick in the 2014 NBA draft after he played college basketball for the University of Kansas.

Some of the former players playing in college currently are Josh Perkins (Gonzaga), Ivan Gandia (North Florida), Curtis Jones (Oklahoma State University), Maurice Calloo (Oklahoma State), Chase Johnson (Dayton), Kenny Nwuba (UCLA), Chris Smith (UCLA), Dontarius James (Xavier).

Founder of Huntington Prep and head coach Rob Fulford left the program after the 2013-2014 Season to take an assistant coaching position with the University of Missouri, and is currently an assistant at the University of Akron. Fulford's assistant at Huntington Prep, Arkell Bruce, took over the program starting with the 2014-2015 Season.

Players on this years team hail from China, South Sudan, The Republic of Congo, Canada, USA, and Nigeria.[2]

• Miles Bridges (class of 2016) – Charlotte Hornets[8]
• Thomas Bryant (class of 2015) – Washington Wizards[9]
• Andrew Wiggins (class of 2013) - Golden State Warriors
• Sim Bhullar (class of 2012) - Sacramento Kings
• Gorgui Dieng (class of 2010) - Memphis Grizzlies
• Keldon Johnson(class of 2018) - San Antonio Spurs

• Official website