Reading's Walker, Perez named to All-USA team

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After bringing home Reading High School's first PIAA boys' basketball championship, senior guard Lonnie Walker and coach Rick Perez have picked up another honor.

Perez was named All-USA Pennsylvania Boys Basketball Coach of the Year by USA Today High School Sports. Walker was named to the All-USA Pennsylvania first team. Click here to see the full list of honorees.

Players were selected based on their athletic achievements from the 2016-17 season.

Walker, who will play for the University of Miami, was named to the all-state team last week and was a McDonald's All-American. He averaged 18.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and became Reading's all-time leading scorer.

Perez was also named the Coach of the Year by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers.

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