One Arizona prospect that is looking to have a big summer for himself is AZ Compass Prep’s skilled 6-foot-6, 200-pound junior wing DJ Hawkins. Hawkins has developed over the past year as a player, while playing against top-rated competition in the prep ranks. He is now focused on having a strong summer performance for himself to boost his overall college recruitment. Hawkins is one of the better but still lesser known prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class. After leaving Gilbert High School after his sophomore season and transferring to AZ Compass Prep, Hawkins picked up his junior season and played for head coach Ray…
Author: Anthony Ray
One Arizona prospect that is looking to have a big summer for himself is AZ Compass Prep’s skilled 6-foot-6, 200-pound junior wing DJ Hawkins. Hawkins has developed over the past year as a player, while playing against top-rated competition in the prep ranks. He is now focused on having a strong summer performance for himself to boost his overall college recruitment. Hawkins is one of the better but still lesser known prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class. After leaving Gilbert High School after his sophomore season and transferring to AZ Compass Prep, Hawkins picked up his junior season and played for head coach Ray…
The annual Pangos All-American Camp was held this weekend in Los Angeles, California, and was as exciting as ever – filled with many of the nation’s elite level prospects. Some Arizona prospects were given the opportunity to participate this weekend. Apollo High School’s talented 6-foot-7, 180-pound rising senior wing prospect Emmanuel Taban has risen to become among the very elite prospects in the state of Arizona. This weekend, Taban was selected to take part in the camp and led a very small group of Arizona prospects in the event. Taban has had a very good spring for himself, and has…
The wait is finally over for AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-6 senior guard Both Gach, as he has made his college decision. While taking his time in his college recruitment, Gach finally has made his choice and will be playing in the PAC-12 Conference next season. After mulling over numerous options this spring and also after playing through the spring on the club circuit, Gach finally decided to give a verbal commitment to the University of Utah and head coach Larry Krystkowiak and his basketball staff. Utah discovered the ability of Gach very early in the recruiting process, and began to…
The NCAA’s spring evaluation period was a good one for many of Arizona’s top prospects, and one younger prospect that capitalized on the opportunity to maximize his exposure to college coaches this spring was Corona del Sol High School’s 6-foot-4, 170-pound sophomore guard Dalen Terry, one of the state’s elite young prospects. After a sophomore season where he clearly emerged as one of the state’s elite young talents, Terry had a strong spring performance for himself and now is one of the top rising upperclassman prospects in the West. Terry elected to play this spring for the Compton Magic (CA) club program,…
Pinnacle High School’s superstar 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Niko Mannion has been on a tear throughout his high school career – quickly becoming the state of Arizona’s top overall prospect in the AIA, and ranking among the elite overall prospects in the country. After a stellar sophomore high school season, and a big spring evaluation period, Mannion finished off the spring for himself with another big weekend – dominating the competition this past weekend in Las Vegas at the Memorial Day Classic. In the process, Mannion teamed up with fellow star guard and former Arizona product Josh Green and a very talented group…
Arizona Preps traveled to Las Vegas this weekend to watch the action in Ryan Silver’s Memorial Day Classic, and the action was exciting with many good prospects and teams in action over three days. One of the elite overall prospects in the event was, of course, 6-foot-10 middle school phenom Dylan Anderson. While we have known about Anderson for some time, this weekend was much of a coming-out-party for Anderson among numerous other top-rated scouts. As a result of his strong play in the event, combined with his amazing potential for the future, Anderson absolutely blew up, and will only…
Another one is off the recruiting board, as AZ Compass Prep’s 6-foot-8, 210-pound senior forward Meekness Payne has made his college decision. After thinking over his options and taking a couple recruiting visits for himself, Payne decided to head towards the junior college ranks for an opportunity to improve his overall college recruitment. Central Arizona Junior College made it well known early that they wanted Payne, and this week they got their man, as they signed the talented combo-forward prospect to a national letter of intent. Payne is coming off a good season for his prep program, and also had a very strong…
One of the more underrated and definitely under recruited prospects in the state has been AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-7 unsigned senior wing Karon Bailey. A native of New York – venturing to the state this high school season to pick up his career at the surging AZ Compass Prep in Chandler. Bailey is a very skilled and talented prospect that possesses serious upside as a player. He is coming off an excellent showing this past weekend in the Southwest Showcase Summer Championships. In the event, Bailey showcased his developed ability to make plays and score the basketball. Bailey faced much…
The late signing period has come and gone and the state’s top unsigned senior prospect, 6-foot-6 senior guard/wing Both Gach, is still undecided for his future college home. While Gach has yet to make his college decision, he has trimmed his recruiting list down to (3) schools, and will make his college decision any day now. Recently, Gach made numerous phone calls to many different college programs, and advised them that he had trimmed his list – advising numerous college programs that he would not be attending their school. One of those college programs was Loyola Marymount University and head coach Mike…