Deciding where to go to college can be a difficult and time-consuming process for prep athletes talented enough to play at the next level. One such player is Palisadian Garrett Frick, a 6′ 6″ senior forward on the Santa Monica High boys’ basketball team. Frick received scholarship offers from Army and Air Force (both Division I programs) and chose to attend Air Force, where he will compete for Coach Jeff Reynolds in the Mountain West Conference while pursuing his other dream of becoming a pilot. “I really couldn’t have gone wrong selecting one over the other–Air Force and Army are both great places to play D-1 basketball, get a great education and most important serve our great country,” said Frick, who played on several youth championship teams in the Palisades Recreation Center league. Frick led Santa Monica to a 22-9 record this year. The Vikings reached the CIF Southern Section Division I-A semifinals (losing to Tesoro) and earned a berth in the state playoffs where Frick had 13 points and eight against Compton Dominguez. Garrett’s brother Dylan is a sophomore at Palisades High. With a bright future ahead of him, Frick will attend the Air Force Prep school in Colorado Springs before entering the academy next fall.
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