Mountain Pointe High School’s talented 6-foot-4, 170-pound senior guard Amarion Cash has capped off a terrific senior season for himself. After a terrific senior season, where he led a very good Mountain Pointe team to a 6A state runner-up finish, Cash recently capped it off with a major commitment to a college program. Cash is headed to Western New Mexico University, one of the stronger division-II programs in the West. Cash recently gave a verbal pledge to head coach Matt Enriquez and his basketball staff. Cash has excellent potential as a college prospect. He is a legitimate combo-guard prospect that is able…
Author: Anthony Ray
It has been a long road, from a recruiting standpoint, for Hamilton High School’s talented 6-foot-4, 185-pound unsigned senior guard Rashad Smith. A member of Arizona’s 2018 class, Smith is still undecided on his college destination. After some success during his college recruitment, Smith is still trying to figure it all out for himself. I caught up briefly with Smith this weekend at the Southwest Showcase Summer Championships, and he advised me that he is still unsure as to what he will do for college. He mentioned that he was very interested in Northern Arizona, but that he is not sure what…
Pinnacle High School’s superstar 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Niko Mannion has had an excellent spring, after a dynamic sophomore season where he led his Pinnacle High School basketball program to a 6A State Championship. Not slowing down a bit against the top competition in the country, Mannion has reeled in numerous big offers this spring to go with his already tremendous recruiting profile. While leading Ryan Silver’s talented West Coast Elite team, Mannion has been on fire and has dominated his competition. As a result, Mannion recently received an offer from national champion Villanova. On Monday, Mannion received another tremendous offer, as…
After one season at Mesa Junior College, very talented 6-foot-10 freshman forward Mikel Beyers has signed a national letter of intent with a program in the Conference USA, and will not return for his sophomore season. Beyers has signed a national letter of intent with Marshall University, after averaging a modest 7.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per/game in his freshman season. While his numbers did not tell the story in his freshman season, it was obvious by anyone that knew him as a college prospect that this young man was as talented an individual prospect as there was in the…
Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel has decided to hold off on his college recruitment for 2018 and will enter the 2019 class instead. It has been an interesting road for the New Jersey native. After moving to the state of Arizona in the fall and playing for AZ Compass Prep’s national team, and then competing for Planet Athlete during the second half of the season, Gabriel recently landed at Hillcrest Prep, where he finished his senior season. Gabriel transferred to Hillcrest Prep, after deciding to reclassify to the 2019 class. He decided to not graduate this spring, and will finish his senior…
Hillcrest Prep 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior forward Stephan Gabriel has decided to hold off on his college recruitment for 2018 and will enter the 2019 class instead. It has been an interesting road for the New Jersey native. After moving to the state of Arizona in the fall and playing for AZ Compass Prep’s national team, and then competing for Planet Athlete during the second half of the season, Gabriel recently landed at Hillcrest Prep, where he finished his senior season. Gabriel transferred to Hillcrest Prep, after deciding to reclassify to the 2019 class. He decided to not graduate this spring, and will finish his senior…
The spring has been a very busy one for AZ Compass Prep 6-foot-6 unsigned senior wing Both Gach, as the talented prospect has reeled in numerous offers for himself, and become one of the hottest prospects in the West. Now with the late signing period upon us, Gach will have a very important decision to make for himself. Gach has seen his recruitment begin to soar as of late, and recently he received offers from San Diego State, Texas Tech, Utah and Ole Miss. He also has offers currently from Loyola Marymount, Portland State, Southern Utah and North Dakota. While Both has…
In a major commitment this late in the recruiting process, Desert Vista High School’s 6-foot-8, 195 pound senior post Christian Anigwe has given a verbal commitment to a program in the Mountain West Conference. After mulling over his recruiting options for a long time, Anigwe has given a verbal commitment to San Jose State University. New head coach John Prioleau and his staff will sign Anigwe. Anigwe will make up Prioleau’s first recruiting class – a good prospect for the program, since Anigwe has so much potential for the future, as he matures physically and gets stronger. Anigwe was also a safe…
One of the top available prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class is AZ Compass Prep’s 6-foot-8, 210-pound unsigned senior forward Meekness Payne. Coming off a very good season for his prep program, Payne turned his sights to the NCAA spring evaluation period over two weekends, and played exceptionally well in two different events over the period. This past weekend, Payne had his best performance of his young career. While playing for Alvin Gentry Elite, the team traveled to Indianapolis to take part in the Terrific 24 event by Elevate Hoops. In the event, Payne ranked as one of the event’s top overall…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class is just beginning to make a name for hismelf on the AAU/club circuit. Westview High School’s 6-foot-10, 220-pound junior post Cameron Katal is one of the top rising prospects in the state. Katal is a nice prospect with excellent size and length. Here is my take on Katal and why I consider him to be a nice up-and-coming prospect for the future. In the state of Arizona, post players are a rare find these days. Bigger post prospects are rare find today, but Katal is one player that has improved…