Hooch's Sheffield to Play Basketball at Stanford

Chattahoochee High School’s Marcus Sheffield II has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for Stanford University. Stanford is an NCAA Division I school and competes in the PAC-12 conference.

Sheffield, a four-year varsity starter, was captain of the 2014 and 2015 Chattahoochee Boys’ Varsity Basketball team. As a junior, Sheffield was selected Region 6 Player of the Year and Second Team All-State by the Atlanta Tipoff Club after averaging 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game for the Cougars. He holds the Chattahoochee single-season scoring record.

Sheffield played travel basketball for Game Elite on the Adidas Gauntlet Circuit and was consensus Top 100 player and a four-star recruit for Scout.com, Rivals and 247sports recruiting services. He chose Stanford over offers from Clemson, Georgia, Florida State, Kansas State and Texas A&M.

Pictured with him are, seated, Marcus Sheffield Sr., Ava Sheffield and Margaret Barkley, and standing, from left, Taffy Tela, Coach Kacey Martin, Cameron Sheffield, CHS Principal Tim Duncan and CHS Athletic Director Matt Crooks.