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Killeya-Jones Lands UVa Offer

A growth spurt early on in his high school career put Sacha Killeya-Jones at around 6’9”. Now a 6’10” junior, Killeya-Jones impressed college coaches this spring and summer with the growth he showed on the court.

“I didn’t just worked on one thing. My trainer helped me work on everything,” Killeya-Jones said. “I did improve my face-up game and developed a few go-to-moves.”

Born in New Jersey but a Chapel Hill (N.C.) resident since he was 8 years old, Killeya-Jones attended Woodberry Forest (VA) for the first two years of his high school career. He has transferred to Virginia Episcopal School (Lynchburg, VA), whose varsity basketball program guided by former UVa star guard Curtis Staples.

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