Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-5 superstar junior guard Kyree Walker (Arizona State commit) is among the elite overall prospects in America’s 2020 Class – regarded by everyone as a Top-10 national prospect in the class. Walker committed to Bob Hurley and the Arizona State Sun Devils as a freshman, and the gifted prospect has yet to waver in his commitment – a nice aspect of Walker which helps to prove him as a fine young man and a future leader for the Sun Devil program. A tremendous talent, Walker is a serious basketball player with an advanced feel for playing the game and a superb overall skillset. He has…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the elite younger prospects in the state of Arizona is coming off a big summer performance, which resulted in numerous offers for himself. Millennium High School’s promising young 6-foot-8, 180-pound sophomore forward DaRon Holmes is a big-time future prospect in the state, and numerous college programs have already positioned themselves with the talented budding young prospect. This summer, after several strong performances in the ASU Team Camp, GCU Elite Camp and also his play during the NCAA evaluation period, Holmes made a lot of noise and became a very hot commodity early in the recruiting process – enough…
Tucson’s Amphitheater High School’s 6-foot-3 talented senior guard prospect Jackson Ruai is one of the state’s most athletically gifted talents in the 2019 class, and is coming off a strong showing for himself this summer. After an MVP performance in this summer’s Southwest All-American Camp, and a superb performance during the NCAA’s evaluation period, Ruai is preparing himself for a college commitment this fall. Late last week, Ruai decided to narrow his list of college suitors to (3) schools. After receiving offers from Nevada, Grand Canyon, UC-Davis, Utah Valley, Houston Baptist, Portland State and NAU, Ruai has now trimmed his list of schools he is considering to UC-Davis,…
It has taken awhile for Bella Vista Prep 7-foot-1, 220-pound senior post prospect Rick Issanza to see his college recruitment take off to the level I had expected when I first saw him perform three years ago, but it has now picked up a great deal and seems to be making up for lost time. Last week, Issanza had a big week of offers and could become one of the hottest prospects in America’s 2019 class this fall, and possibly next spring. Late last week, after waiting for his college recruitment to take off, Issanza received two big offers from members of the…
After going throughout much of the spring and summer’s NCAA evaluation period with relatively very little recruiting attention or atleast any scholarship offers, Bella Vista Prep 6-foot-10, 265-pound senior post Emmanuel Tshimanga saw his college recruitment change in a major way last week, when he received an offer from a top-rated Atlantic-10 program and took an official recruiting visit for himself. Last week, after having a strong performance for himself this summer while playing for Billups Elite (CO), Tshimanga received an offer from the University of Dayton and took an official recruiting visit to the school. Billups Elite is a club program organized…
One of the top prospects to watch in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) this fall is Arizona Western Junior College 6-foot-8 sophomore combo-forward Andre Allen. One of the top returning prospects in the conference, Allen is coming off a strong summer performance in two different juco events held by national junior college scout Jerry Mullen. I caught Allen in action in the recent All-American JUCO Showcase Elite 80 event in Las Vegas, the last weekend of the NCAA evaluation period. Allen was among the standout performers in the event, after also having a strong performance for himself in…
One junior college prospect that will look to have a big sophomore season for himself is Cochise College’s returning 6-foot-8, 220-pound sophomore forward Justus Rainwater. Rainwater played very well recently in Las Vegas at the All-American JUCO Showcase Elite 80, a high-level junior college event organized by basketball aficionado Jerry Mullen. At the event, Rainwater was among the top overall prospects that I observed. In an event where the majority of players in the competition look to score the basketball, Rainwater played extremely hard on both ends of the floor and showed an excellent motor. He rebounded hard, ran the…
One prospect that took full advantage of the summer NCAA evaluation period was Scottsdale Christian Academy 6-foot-7, 215-pound senior post Ethan Spry. Spry is a talented post prospect with excellent versatility and a nice overall skill level. As a result of his play this spring and summer, Spry has generated numerous suitors for himself. Spry’s development as a player and as a college prospect is a testament to his consistency and hard work as a player. While playing for the Alvin Gentry Elite club program throughout his entire high school career, and staying with one program through his club career, Spry has…
6-foot-7 senior wing Karon Bailey has been one of the more underrated prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class for some time. A native of New York, Bailey moved to the state of Arizona this high school season to pick up his career at the surging prep program, AZ Compass Prep in Chandler. After going unsigned throughout the spring and summer evaluation period, Bailey has now signed with a junior college program in California. This week, after considering Glendale JC and Ventura Junior College in California, Bailey decided to accept an invitation to play for Ventura Junior College in California. Ventura JC assistant coach Lester Neal…
Many Arizona prospects gained maximum exposure to college coaches last week in Las Vegas – the end of the recruiting window for high school prospects across the country. One prospect that definitely raised his recruiting stock this summer was Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel. Gabriel showed off a versatile and athletic playing style that brought him a lot of attention from numerous college programs. While playing in Las Vegas for a team called the Arizona Monsoon, which included Pinnacle High School’s sharp-shooting guard Trent Brown, Gabriel played numerous positions and showed excellent versatility. Gabriel handled the basketball in the open floor…