In case you missed it, Perry High School’s hard-working 6-foot-9 senior post Miles Houston recently decided on a college program for himself, and will be attending college at Cal Lutheran University next fall. Houston provided excellent depth in the frontcourt for Perry and Head Coach Sam Duane Jr. this past high school season. Houston is an absolute steal for Cal Lutheran, an NCAA member Division-III program located in Thousand Oaks, California. Head Coach Tim Fusina and his basketball staff will be getting a low-post talent that is capable of scoring inside and out, and has very good potential for the…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of my favorite overall young prospects in the state is Sunnyslope High School’s talented and promising 6-foot-7 sophomore wing prospect Grady Lewis. I have been impressed with Lewis’ development as a player for some time now, and this young is quickly growing into becoming a formidable talent in the state. I caught up with Lewis recently at a practice for his club program, the Arizona Firestorm coached by Mike Smith, who does an excellent job and has done an excellent job with this team. The team is loaded with talent from the state’s 2021 Class, and Lewis is the…
One of the elite prospects in America’s 2020 Class of players resides right here in the state of Arizona at Hillcrest Prep Academy. This spring, 6-foot-5, 205-pound rising senior guard Kyree Walker has completed dominated his competition on the club circuit – proving just how elite and valuable a prospect he is. After an early commitment to the Arizona State Sun Devils as a freshman, Walker decided to re-open his college recruitment almost a year ago. Now wide open in his college recruitment, Walker has been on a tear. Walker has traveled this spring with his club program, the heavily…
Another one of the state’s elite prospects still available this spring has found his college fit, as 6-foot-3 previously unsigned senior prospect Jackson Ruai decided that he would give his college decision in favor of a rising NCAA Division-II member program. Ruai had many different options for himself over the past year, as he was one of the higher recruited prospects in Arizona’s 2019 Class. With numerous division-I offers on the table for himself last spring and summer, Ruai, who is an excellent student, failed to receive a passing test score on the college entrance examination. As a result, Ruai…
The biggest and best prospect still available earlier this week was Bella Vista Prep’s 7-foot-1, 215-pound senior post Rick Issanza. Issanza developed as a player a great deal over the past two years at the Bella Vista program. With many high-major division-I programs still looking to land the impressive post talent, this week Issanza gave a big verbal commitment and signing with a top-rated program in the Big-12 Conference. This week Issanza decided that he will sign a national letter of intent with the University of Oklahoma and highly successful Head Coach Lon Kruger and his men’s basketball staff, giving…
It was an amazing end the to the high school basketball season, and it was an amzing week as well for Bella Vista Prep’s 6-foot-4 senior guard Jeron Artest. Previously considered a member of Arizona’s 2020 Class, Artest recently decided to reclassify to the 2019 Class and this week he decided to sign a national letter of intent with a member of the Big-West Conference. This week, Artest decided to join Bella Vista teammate, Emmanuel Tshimanga as a 2019 signee for the UC-Irvine basketball program, as Artest decided to sign with Head Coach Russell Turner and his basketball program. Artest…
Hillcrest Prep has done it again, reeling in one of the nation’s elite prospects to the state to attend their program. This weekend, the program received a tremendous addition ot their basketball program when one of the nation’s Top 3 prospects in the 2021 Class chose to attend Hillcrest Prep, 6-foot-8, 210-pound sophomore forward Michael Foster. In a nice history now of landing some of the nation’s elite prospects, the program looks to be putting together one of the nation’s very best prep program rosters for the fall. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Foster is a tremendous talent and is…
After a long recruiting process and a long wait for himself to find his right college fit, Bella Vista Prep 6-foot-10, 265-pound senior post Emmanuel Tshimanga is now off the recruiting board, after signing a scholarship with a program from the Big-West Conference. With many members of the Bella Vista Prep program and members of the media in attendance, Tshimanga signed a national letter of intent with UC-Irvine on Wednesday morning, giving Head Coach Russell Turner and his dedicated staff another signee for the 2019 Class. Tshimanga chose UC-Irvine over offers from Tulsa and Dayton, and also heavy interest from numerous…
The top available post prospect and the top overall unsigned senior prospect currently still available in the state’s 2019 Class is Bella Vista Prep’s 7-foot-1, 220-pound senior post prospect Rick Issanza. Issanza is coming off a very productive senior season for the Grind Session-winning Bella Vista Prep. A season where Issanza developed as a player on and off the court. As a result, Issanza is getting recruiting by some serious high-major division-I programs. Issanza is now nearing his final decision on college for next fall. Currently, Issanza is on a recruiting visit to the University of Oklahoma and is enjoying his…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s talented 2020 Class is AZ Compass Prep’s 6-foot-3 junior guard Jalin Anderson. Anderson is coming off a strong performance this high school season for himself, where he took over as the team leader on the floor and became the team’s top individual scorer of the basketball and playmaker for his team. Although Anderson is among the state’s top individual talents, he has become one of the top sleeper prospects in the class. Anderson received a Mountain West offer recently, and now he is beginning to see his college recruitment take shape, after the University…