6-foot-4, 180-pound guard from New York City, spent the 2020-21 season at Link Year School in Branson, Mo., averaging 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists per game for a postgrad team that posted a 26-4 record and earned runner-up honors at the 2021 Post Grad Nationals. He was also invited to the 2020 Pangos All-America festival, which featured 40 of the top players in the country in November of 2020. McPherson spent his senior season playing for Woodstock (Conn.) Academy.