While he has seen his share of college recruitment over the past year, college coaches have been reluctant to extend a scholarship offer to 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Kwintin Williams. After recently putting himself in a position to qualify academy from the junior college ranks, many college programs are now taking serious notice of Williams. This week he received a scholarship offer from a rising program in the Big-12 Conference. After taking an official recruiting visit last weekend to Cal-State Northridge, this week Williams received an offer from Texas Christian University (TCU) and their basketball staff. Williams advised me that he…
Author: Anthony Ray
One player that our staff definitely missed on this high school season is Dysart High School’s talented and gifted 6-foot-9 senior post Mikel Beyers. We caught our first glimpse of Beyers in this year’s recent Arizona Spring Showcase, organized by tournament director Chad Groth. I came away very impressed with this young man’s ability and potential for the future. Beyers is an underrated prospect in big-time proportions, as he is coming off a stellar senior season for Dysart High School, but has gone almost unnoticed by most college coaches around the country. This high school season, Beyers put up terrific…
It was another amazing high school basketball season in the state, where there were many more top-rated teams and players in action in a growing state. After our staff’s relentless hard work in covering many of the state’s games this high school season, we have compiled our list of top players and coaches of the year. Here are our selections for this year’s Boy’s Basketball All-State Teams, led by our Player of the Year, Hillcrest Prep Academy’s 7-foot-1 senior post DeAndre Ayton. Ayton has led his Hillcrest Prep team this season to a very competitive record on one of the…
Now that the 2016-2017 high school basketball season has come to an end, here are this year’s All-State Teams for the Canyon Athletic Association (CAA ) for high school girls basketball in the state, led by the CAA Girls Coach of the Year – Rose Peterson (pictured) of Arizona Compass Prep, and also the CAA Player of the Year – Marrisa Ulate of Arizona Compass Prep. Here are the All-State Teams for Division-I and Division-II girl’s basketball in CAA in the state of Arizona . . . CAA High School Girls Basketball Division-I All-State Team Position Player Name Player School…
Now that the 2016-2017 boy’s high school basketball season has come to an end, we learned many things about Arizona basketball throughout the season. There were numerous top performers and numerous teams that emerged this high school season – some for this season and some for this season and the future. While Basha High School was completely dominant this season, and turned in one of the best seasons ever in the state, Shadow Mountain High School was even better – going undefeated this high school season, and finishing with an undefeated 27-0 record. Shadow Mountain blew out all of their…
Now that the 2016-2017 high school basketball season has come to an end, here are this year’s All-State Teams for the Canyon Athletic Association (CAA ) for high school boys basketball in the state, led by the CAA Division-III Boys Coach of the Year – Jace Romero of Skyline Prep, and also the CAA Division-III Player of the Year – Nigel Shadd of Tri-City Christian. Here are the All-State Teams for Division-I, II & III boy’s basketball in CAA in the state of Arizona . . . CAA High School Boys Basketball Division-I All-State Team Position Player Name Player School…
The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) has completed their regular season for the 2016-2017 junior college basketball season. As a result, the coaches in the conference have made their selections for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and each of their All-Conference and All-Region selctions for the conference. Here are the All-ACCAC selections for this season, led by the Coach of the Year, Laura Hughes of Cochise College, and the conference’s Player(s) of the Year, ACCAC Division-I Player of the Year – sophomore post Veronica Preciado of Eastern Arizona JC, and the ACCAC Division-II Player of the…
The Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) has completed their regular season for the 2016-2017 junior college basketball season. As a result, the coaches in the conference have made their selections for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and each of their All-Conference and All-Region selctions for the conference. Here are the All-ACCAC selections for this season, led by the Coach of the Year, Matt Gordon of Phoenix College (3rd time selection), and the conference’s Co-Player(s) of the Year – Deion James (pictured) of Pima Junior College and Dallas Polk-Hilliard of Cochise Junior College . . . ACCAC…
One of the most athletic junior college talents in the country has had to overcome a lot of diversity for himself. After academic issues and a troubled past, the gifted 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Kwintin Williams has seriously improved his academic resume, and is now on pace to graduate. As a result, many college programs are now in pursuit of Williams. He will take his first official recruiting visit this weekend to a program in the Big-West Conference. On Friday morning, Williams will take a flight to California for an official recruiting visit to Cal State Northridge. Williams took an unofficial…
The 2016-2017 junior college basketball season in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) is in full swing now for women’s junior college basketball. Here are this week’s Players of the Week in women’s basketball in the conference . . . ACCAC D-I Player of the Week: Veronica Preciado – Eastern Arizona Eastern Arizona’s Veronica Preciado averaged 21.5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals per/game – helping the Gila Monsters to wins over Chandler-Gilbert JC and Central Arizona JC last week. Preciado has won this honor numerous times this year, and is having an excellent season. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Bree…