FMS standout Garrett Collins signs with UNC Greensboro

Former Asheville High School basketball player and team captain Garrett Collins recently committed to play for the UNC Greensboro Spartans.

Collins helped lead Asheville High boys’ basketball to a pair of Mountain Athletic Conference championships. In his senior season he earned MAC All Conference honors and was an Honorable Mention All-WNC selection. He finished his career at Asheville High averaging 11.6 points per game, 7.2 rebounds per game, 3 blocks per game and had a field goal percentage of 53%. Also, a member of the NC Carolina Raptors Elite team, Collins averaged 14 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, and shot 66% from behind the arc.

After graduation, Collins enrolled at Fishburne Military School to play at the shooting guard position for
the 2013-2014 season. While at Fishburne he set a school record for 3 point shots made in a game (11) and tied a single game scoring record of 38 points. Collins shot 58% behind the arc and connected on more than 50 three pointers. He also helped lead Fishburne, one of the best prep basketball programs in the country, to a birth the National Prep Championship tournament. Fishburne finished the year with a 25-7 record and a final season ranking of #3.

Collins will join a UNCG squad, led by fourth-year Coach Wes Miller that is on the upswing in the Southern Conference. Miller took control of the program Dec. 13, 2011 with the Spartans sitting at 2-8 and led them through one of the biggest turnarounds in program history. Miller guided the Spartans to an 11-11 record the rest of the season to finish with a 13-19 overall record, including a 10-8 mark in SoCon play. The past two years the Spartans have finished in the middle of the conference standings, and with solid recent recruiting classes are poised to vie for a championship run this season.