Findlay Prep

Findlay Prep is a former high school basketball program located in Henderson, Nevada.

The program was created in 2006 by local businessman Cliff Findlay, who owns several car dealerships in the Las Vegas area.¹ Despite closing its high school in 2010 due to the local economic downturn,² the Findlay Prep players took high school classes at Henderson International School.

Findlay was part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA), but they were ineligible to compete in state championships because they were allowed to recruit from outside the state. Instead, they competed for National High School Invitational (NHSI) championships, an 8 team tournament featuring the top high school teams in the country played in New York. They won a total of 3 national championships during their time, coming in 2009, 2010, and 2012, all under Mike Peck.

Through the years, Findlay produced 17 NBA players and over 70 Division I athletes. The program produced several international players as well from countries like Lithuania, Senegal, Canada, France, Georgia, and others. They had an all-time record of 381–43 (.899), with only 2 losses ever on their home court.

Paul Washington Sr. was named the program's head coach in August 2016.³ Due to its perceived overemphasis on basketball, critics have slammed it as a basketball factory that gives students hope of a pro career instead of education. School officials refuted these allegations arguing their students' "100% qualification rate" with the NCAA. Findlay Prep was branded as "non-scholastic" by the same organisation in 2013 and later affiliated themselves with the NIAA.¹⁴⁵

In 2019, after the completion of their season, the program unexpectedly shut down for unknown reasons.⁶

• Ogo Adegboye (Class of 2007) – basketball player who played professionally in Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and England⁷
• Curtis Dennis (Class of 2008) – basketball player who played professionally in Lebanon⁸
• Deividas Dulkys (Class of 2008) – NBA assistant coach and basketball player who played professionally in Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Turkey, and Spain⁹
• Jorge Gutierrez (Class of 2008) – former NBA player who plays professionally in Mexico¹⁰
• DeAndre Liggins (Class of 2008) – former NBA player who plays professionally in Saudi Arabia¹¹
• Avery Bradley (Class of 2009) – All Defensive Team NBA player, won the 2020 NBA Championship with the Los Angeles Lakers¹²
• Guy Edi (Class of 2009) – basketball player who played professionally in France, Finland, Iceland, and Canada¹³
• D. J. Richardson (Class of 2009) – professional basketball player who played college basketball for Illinois¹⁴
• Victor Rudd (Class of 2009) – professional basketball player¹⁵
• Cory Joseph (Class of 2010) – NBA player, won the 2014 NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs¹⁶
• Tristan Thompson (Class of 2010) – NBA player, won the 2016 NBA Championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers¹⁷
• Amir Garrett (Class of 2011) – MLB player¹⁸
• Nick Johnson (Class of 2011) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League¹⁹
• Myck Kabongo (Class of 2011) – basketball player²⁰
• Dominic Artis (Class of 2012) – basketball player for the Çağdaş Bodrumspor²¹
• Brandon Ashley (Class of 2012) – professional basketball player²²
• Anthony Bennett (Class of 2012) – NBA player, #1 Overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft²³²⁴
• Amedeo Della Valle (Class of 2012) – professional basketball player²⁵
• Landen Lucas (Class of 2012) – professional basketball player who played college basketball at Kansas²⁶
• Naz Mitrou-Long (Class of 2012 – Transferred) – NBA player²⁷
• Winston Shepard (Class of 2012) – professional basketball player²⁸
• Allerik Freeman (Class of 2013) – basketball player for KK Budućnost²⁹
• Gavin Schilling (Class of 2013) – basketball player for U.S. Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro³⁰
• Nigel Williams-Goss (Class of 2013) – NBA player³¹
• Christian Wood (Class of 2013) – NBA player³²
• Braian Angola (Class of 2014) – basketball player who played professionally for the NBA G League, in Belgium, Serbia, Israel, Greece, and Turkey³³
• Dillon Brooks (Class of 2014) – NBA All Defensive Team player³⁴
• Kelly Oubre Jr. (Class of 2014) – NBA player³⁵
• Rashad Vaughn (Class of 2014) – NBA player³⁶
• Aleksa Novaković (Class of 2015) – basketball player for BC Nizhny Novgorod³⁷
• Derryck Thornton (Class of 2015) – Professional basketball player³⁸
• Allonzo Trier (Class of 2015) – NBA player³⁹
• Markus Howard (Class of 2016) – NBA player⁴⁰
• Justin Jackson (Class of 2016) – basketball player who was drafted by the Denver Nuggets⁴¹
• Skylar Mays (Class of 2016) – NBA player⁴²
• Oshae Brissett (Class of 2017 – Transferred) – NBA player⁴³
• P. J. Washington (Class of 2017) – NBA player⁴⁴
• Bol Bol (Class of 2018) – NBA player⁴⁵
• Kyler Edwards (Class of 2018) — basketball guard in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Nathan Mensah (Class of 2018) - basketball center for Maccabi Tel Aviv who played college basketball at San Diego State⁴⁶
• Dior Johnson (Class of 2022 – Transferred) – basketball player who plays for the University of Central Florida⁴⁷