LeeMaster helps the Trevians beat Palatine in the Class 4A third-place game.
New Trier’s Will LeeMaster, center, turns to the basket looking to shoot during the Class 4A third-place game against Palatine at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Friday, March 8, 2024. CHAMPAIGN — It wasn’t a given that Will LeeMaster would ever start for New Trier, never mind become a senior leader.
Indeed, the 6-foot-4 LeeMaster transformed himself into a player the Trevians couldn’t do without. With a thick skin, a voracious appetite and dogged determination, he became a co-captain and starting forward this season, helping New Trier repeat its feat in 4A. LeeMaster made his presence felt in the first quarter as New Trier built an early lead. He had two deflections that led to steals, a putback for a basket, a blocked shot, a tap-out to keep a possession going and a kick-out assist from the high post to junior guard Colby Smith, who hit a 3-pointer.
New Trier’s Will LeeMaster looks to pass during a Class 4A state semifinal against Homewood-Flossmoor at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Friday, March 8, 2024. LeeMaster decided to reshape his body during the offseason. Over a period of a few months, the self-described “skinny kid” gained enough weight to get over 200 pounds. Protein drinks became routine for LeeMaster, and he ate a lot of pizza, his meal of choice.and Quinn Finerty , and they told me to ‘eat until you’re full and then eat a little more,’” LeeMaster said. “I kept eating whatever I could. You could ask any of these dudes on this team. I eat probably the most food you’ve ever seen.
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