On Wednesday, Masters added to his trophy case as he was named as the 2011-12 Mike Moser Award winner, presented annually to the MVP of the WCSSAA Senior Boys' Basketball league.
The announcement took place at halftime of the WCSSAA Senior All-Star Game at Waterloo Collegiate, which was won by Masters' team, Team White, 130-111 over Team Blue.
Despite the individual accomplishment, the 6'0" guard was quick to point out his Trojan teammates for helping in his success.
"I couldn't have done this without (them)," Masters noted, before also specifically mentioning his FHCI coach, Craig Wicken, as an instrumental part of his success.
"It's great to be recognized as MVP," Masters continued, "I put in a lot of hard work this season and beforehand in the off-season, and it's great to see it pay off."
"My parents have also been supportive this entire time, so I have to thank them as well," he added.
Masters' hard work has already drawn the attention of numerous NCAA D-1 coaches, including Cornell, Bucknell, Lehigh and Lafayette in particular, but I would expect that list to continue to grow throughout the summer during his club season.
Masters and his FHCI backcourt mate, Juwan Miller (also a first-team all-star selection) formed the most dynamic backcourt in the CWOSSA region. Masters averaged 20.1 PPG during the regular season, and upped his average to 22.7 during the Trojan playoff run, including a 23-point effort in the championship final despite turning an ankle early in the contest.
Naturally, Masters listed championship night as his favourite moment of the season.
"It was a lot of work that we had put in as a team to achieve our goal," Masters said.
When I pressed him to give me his favourite "individual" memory from the season, he listed his dunk against Cameron Heights (below) as tops in that category:
"Just the way everyone reacted after was priceless, nothing was better," Masters said.
Except, just maybe, being named as the WCSSAA MVP.
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