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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
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…
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…