Five-star 2025 wing Joson Sanon commits to Arizona, plans to join Wildcats next season

Five-star wing Joson Sanon told ESPN he has committed to Arizona and plans to reclassify in order join the Wildcats next season.

A reclassification also would make Sanon eligible for the 2025 NBA Draft, in which ESPN projects him as the No. 28 pick in an early mock released last month. 

Rated No. 12 overall in the class of 2025 by 247 Sports, Sonon next season would join forward Carter Bryant, shooting guard Jamari Phillips and center Emmanuel Stephen, who all signed with the Wildcats in November, and potentially keep Arizona from having to dip deeper into the transfer portal this spring.

Arizona has four senior starters, though three of them have a year left of eligibility, while sophomore point guard Kylan Boswell has been previously projected as a 2024 draftee. The Wildcats also have several players outside of their playing rotation who could be transfer candidates.

Back to homepage

Subscriber Login

Keep reading with a digital access subscription.

Subscribe now

"I love the fit, the way they score, how they get you open," Sanon told ESPN of Arizona. "They play at a fast pace, and being in the center of a high-powered offense was attractive. I wanted to get locked in before things really get going with the transfer portal."

A 6-foot-5 wing, Sanon led Vermont Academy to a New England prep school title earlier this month, and ESPN's Jonathan Givony wrote that he "is considered one of the best shooters and overall scorers in the high school game."

"I had a couple of benchmarks for this season that would help me decide if I'm ready to graduate high school early," Sanon told ESPN. "I wanted to win a championship, lead a team, be a primary scorer, and really lock in defensively. I'm physically strong enough for college. The next step is learning how to think the game better and adding to what I already do."

The son of Haitian parents who emigrated to the US in the late 1990s, Sonon told ESPN he is hoping to join former Arizona wing Bennedict Mathurin as the second Haitian player in the NBA. Mathurin grew up in Montreal, with a mother who had emigrated from Haiti.