Recently, as a result of a new staff taking over at UC-Santa Barbara, Shadow Mountain High School’s talented and gifted 6-foot-1 senior point guard Marcus Shaver decided to re-open his college recruitment and go back on the recruiting board. This weekend, Shaver has decided to take an official recruiting visit to a rising program in the West Coast Conference (WCC). This weekend, Shavers will take an official recruiting visit to the University of Portland, where former NBA player and head coach Terry Porter and his staff will host the superb guard prospect – looking to reel in Shaver to the…
Author: Anthony Ray
Pima Community College 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Deion James is coming off an excellent sophomore season for himself in the ACCAC – leading Pima to an ACCAC Division-II season title, their first Region-I, Division-II conference championship since 2010. The Aztecs beat Glendale Community College 119-111 in the semifinal round, and then upset #1 seeded Phoenix College 102-99 in the conference final. For his efforts and performance this season, James was selected as the Tournament Most Valuable Player, and also as the 2017 ACCAC Co-Player of the Year. James is now mulling over his recruiting options, looking to make a college decision…
While it is is unclear why he doesn’t have much more recruiting interest at this point, Aspire Prep Academy 6-foot-9 prep forward Nik Mains is still on the recruiting board this spring – looking to land a school very soon for himself. A 2016 graduate of Pinnacle High School, Mains attended Aspire Prep this season to play for the school’s post-graduate team, where he competed against other prep schools and local junior colleges. Mains decided to attend Aspire Prep after first deciding to attend Air Force after high school and then changing his mind and re-opening his recruitment. Mains currently…
One of the hottest prospects in the West is Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot-5 sophomore wing Josh Green. Fresh off a national championship with Hillcrest Prep this season, Green has seen his college recruitment really take off this high school season. After generating loads of interest this college season, Green has picked up another offer from a PAC-12 program. After recently receiving offers from the University of Arizona and Cal, this week Green picked up an offer from the University of Washington and new head coach Mike Hopkins and his staff. Green also has currently holds offers from Utah State, San…
While he sat out the 2016-2017 junior college season to work on his academics, ultra-athletic junior college 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Kwintin Williams is beginning to see his college recruitment soar. After recently putting himself in a position to qualify academy from the junior college ranks, Williams is now generating major division-I interest for himself. Recently, Williams received a visit from a member of University of Oregon’s staff. Oregon has been recruiting Williams for several years, and have just been waiting to see if he would qualify academically. Williams is hopeful that an offer could come soon. Williams also possesses offers…
Saguaro High School’s 6-foot-5 junior guard/forward Jared Martin has made the biggest jump in our recent player rankings for Arizona’s 2018 class of prospects (Arizona Hoop Review Scouting Report). Martin recently also helped lead his club program, Powerhouse Hoops Black, to a tournament championship at this year’s Baylor All-Star Classic in Chicago, Illinois – defeating the historic Mac Irvin Fire in the event’s championship game. Martin is a guard prospect with excellent size and a nice offensive skillset, which allows him to make shots from almost anywhere on the floor. He has a sweet shooting stroke with excellent range, which…
Greenway High School’s sharp-shooting 6-foot-3, 170-pound senior guard Scotty Shaver is mulling over his options for college, especially after receiving another scholarship offer for himself this week. With several offers on the table for himself, Shaver received an offer from a new local college program in the valley. This week, after taking a visit to the school, Shaver received an offer from Ottawa University and their new head coach Matt Heeley. Heely has been a very successful coach in his career, and he made the decision to leave a successful program to take over a new program in Arizona. Heeley…
Aspire Prep Academy had a lot of success in their first year, and also did a very good job of bringing in top talent for the program. 6-foot-8, 221-pound senior forward Rodrigue Hughes Tha Andela is a superb athletic talent with an excellent physical frame. Recently, Andela decided on a junior college program for his future. After going through his options for college, Andela decided on Bismarck Junior College (ND), a community college located in Bismarck, North Dakota Hugues Tha Andela came to Aspire and also to the United States in September from his home country of Cameroon, West Africa. …
The Arizona Preps Spring Classic took place on Sunday @ Rancho Solano Prep Academy in North Scottsdale, and featured the state’s top club programs and many of the state’s top players. With 16 different teams in action on the day, the scouts and media in attendance were able to catch some very good and lesser known college prospects. With numerous college coaches, scouts and media in attendance for the day’s events, there were many top performers on the day. Here are the top individual prospects that I observed on the day (in no particular order), led by Tournament Most Valuable…
The Arizona Preps organization has been known for almost 20 years now for helping Arizona’s best basketball talent gain maximum exposure to college coaches. Through our tremendous dedication to our craft and through a large number of developed relationships with college coaches across the country, our staff is the best in Arizona at creating scholarship opportunities for Arizona. This was evidenced last week during the week of the Final Four, as hundreds of college coaches traveled to the state for the festivities. The state of Arizona’s basketball fans have waited for this event to come to the state for a…