One of the most underrated prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class is Catalina Foothills High School’s 6-foot-3 junior guard Sam Beskind. Beskind is a throw-back performer with excellent toughness and grit for a player. Recently, Beskind received his first division-I scholarship offer for himself. Beskind received his first division-I offer from a Big Sky program recently, as Montana State University has extended a scholarship offer to the hard-nosed prospect. Beskind is one of my favorite prospects in Arizona’s 2018 class, as he is tough on both ends of the floor – making him a definite two-way player. While his style of…
Author: Anthony Ray
It was a long time coming for Chaparral High School’s gifted guard prospect, 6-foot-1 senior point guard Colton Kresl. After mulling over his recruiting options for some time, Kresl has decided on a college home for himself – signing a national letter of intent with Cal State Dominguez Hills University. Among the most talented performers in the state, Kresl saw many other prospects in Arizona’s 2017 class receive scholarship offers. While he received loads of college interest, many division-I college programs were reluctant to give him an offer. After previously receiving a division-I scholarship offer from Northern Arizona University, Kresl…
Many high school coaches across the state and the country are making a difference in their communities. None more than Skyline Prep High School’s head coach Jace Romero who has revitalized a community – providing an opportunity to young men that many do not believe in. The Skyline Prep program is located in South Phoenix, a place where once the sport of basketball thrived in the 1970’s and 80’s. Over the years though as housing developments have grown around the state, many people have moved out of the area. Jace Romero was raised in the South Phoenix and never left. …
With so many scholarship offers pouring in for Arizona prospects recently, Pinnacle High School’s skilled 6-foot-4 sophomore guard Jordan Mains has received his first scholarship offer from a program in the Big Sky Conference. This week Mains received a scholarship offer from the University of Northern Colorado, as a result of his play during the NCAA spring evaluation period. Mains played for the Arizona Power Black 16U team, one of the most talented teams of it’s kind in the state. College programs are smart to get involved with Mains early, as Mains is a very skilled and sharp-shooting guard prospect…
Shadow Mountain High School’s skilled 5-foot-10, 165-pound sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher has blown up as of late – receiving numerous scholarship offers for himself. After recently receiving several scholarship offers, Blacksher has received two more offers to add to his list. After recently receiving offers from Cal-State Northridge, UC-Davis and Northern Colorado, Blacksher has now also received offers from the University of North Dakota and Fresno State, his biggest offer yet. Blacksher is a unique guard talent that is coming off a superb sophomore season for himself, and is now beginning to receive serious college recruitment as a result. …
Arizona’s 2019 class of prospects is absolutely loaded with talent for college coaches to take a hard look at, and, as a result, many college coaches are already beginning to position themselves with many of the prospects in the class. One of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class is Pinnacle High School’s sharp-shooting 6-foot sophomore point guard Trent Brown. This week, Brown received two different scholarship offers for himself. After a strong performance this spring on the club circuit with his club team, Arizona Power 16U Black, Brown would receive scholarship offers very early in the process from the…
One of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class of prospects is Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Dischon Thomas. Thomas has developed nicely over the past year, and this spring he emerged nicely on the 16U EYBL Circuit. Thomas is coming off winning a national championship with Hillcrest Prep Academy this high school season, and, as a result, he has developed nicelyamidst top-rated national competition, gaining valuable confidence as a player. This spring, Thomas would become a top-rated prospect for the 2019 class, after playing very strong for the Las Vegas Prospects (NV), a heavily sponsored Nike program based…
Pima Community College 6-foot-8 sophomore forward Deion Jameshas made his college decision – electing for a Mountain West Conference program. On Tuesday afternoon, James announced that he has chosen to sign a nationa letter of intent with Colorado State University and head coach Larry Eustachy and his staff. James decided on Colorado State over offers from Washington State, Fresno State and Southern Utah. James visited each of the other schools before making his final decision. 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,…
With very few good post prospects available currently in the West, Mesa Junior College 6-foot-10, 250-pound sophomore post Ed Hardt is now available after receiving his release from his national letter of intent from Seattle University. Hardt signed with Seattle before the start to the 2016-2017 junior college season. Projected as the top overall true low-post prospect in the conference before the season, Hardt would see limited playing time this junior college season, as head coach Sam Ballard would elect to go to a smaller lineup all season. As a result, Hardt’s numbers this season took a serious hit, which…
After recently re-opening his college recruitment, Shadow Mountain High School’s highly skilled and high powered 6-foot-2 unsigned senior point guard prospect Marcus Shaver has now emerged as the top overall unsigned 2017 prospect in the West after his stellar performance this weekend in Las Vegas. While playing in the West Coast Elite Unsigned Senior/JUCO Showcase event in Vegas this past weekend, Shaver electrified the coaches, scouts and media in attendance with his superior overall play – turning in an amazing peformance that put everyone in attendance in amazement. Shaver showcased his new and improve physical frame which he has developed…