He's a 6-foot-9, 215-pound forward who averaged 19.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game last season as a high school senior at Highland School, a program he led to the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA) Division I state title.

Nate Ament is a five-star prospect and the No. 4 recruit nationally in the 247Sports Composite. He is the highest-rated Tennessee recruit ever.

Ament chose the Vols over finalists Louisville, Arkansas, Duke and Kentucky, officially ending a high-stakes recruitment that drew out some of the bluest of blue bloods in basketb