South Mountain Junior College got a very nice boost to their team this season over the winter break when 6-foot-8, 240-pound freshman post James Sosinski became eligible to play. Since becoming eligible, Sosinski has produced at a high rate and has seen his college recruitment begin to soar. Today Sosinski received a scholarship offer from a PAC-12 program. Almost as fast as Sosinski has emerged in the ACCAC this season, he has began to see his college recruitment begin to soar. With numerous colleges already expressing interest in him, today Sosinski received an offer from Washington State University, as assistant…
Author: Anthony Ray
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: Sophia Elenga – Cochise Cochise went 3-0 over the winter break, led by the play of Sophia Elenga, who averaged 15 points and 8 rebounds a game, including a double-double against Chandler-Gilbert. ACCAC D-II Player of the Week: Alexis Delgado – Phoenix Alexis Delgado averaged 23 points and 5 rebounds per game over the winter break…
Arizona Western (5-1, 12-2) improved their ACCAC league-leading record to 5-1 on the season with a nice road win over a tough Phoenix College (4-2, 11-3) team. Arizona Western would get off to an excellent start in this one, and would not look back – posting a narrow 78-75 win after a strong comeback from Phoenix. Arizona Western (AWC) is led by the play of the conference’s top overall freshman prospect, 6-foot-6 freshman wing Andre Jones. The last time I watched Arizona Western defeat Mesa JC on the road, earlier this season, Jones was not in action (injured). This time…
The nation’s #1 ranked team, South Plains Junior College (TX) came to Arizona over the winter break – proving their dominance and winning this year’s Fiesta Bowl Shootout at Mesa Junior College. In the tournament’s semi-finals, South Plains (14-0) would knock off the nation’s then #4 team and also the defending junior college national champions, Salt Lake City Junior College (UT). South Plains is absolutely loaded with serious talent and would eventually tire out a talented Salt Lake team – leading to a big 85-69 victory and advancing to the tournament’s final game on Friday. South Plains would utilize an…
Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot, 165-pound senior point guard prospect Virshon Cotton has seen his college recruitment soar this fall, and now another school has entered the recruiting fold. On Friday, Cotton received another offer. This time Cotton received anoffer from a school in the Ivy League Conference, as Brown University gave an offer to Cotton. Cotton also possesses division-I scholarship offers from UC-Davis, Northern Arizona, Southern Utah, NJIT, Robert Morris, North Dakota and Winona State. Cotton is one of the shiftiest guard prospects in the West. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cotton moved to the state of Arizona this high…
Scholarship offers continue to pour in for St. Mary’s High School’s versatile post prospect, 6-foot-10, 205-pound junior KJ Hymes. The talented and sizeable prospect has received double-digit offers up to this point, and this week he received another offer from a high-major division-I program in the PAC-12 Conference. This week, after already possessing several PAC-12 offers, Hymes received an offer from the University of Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his staff. Hymes also already has offers from Michigan, Cal, Virginia, Oklahoma, St. John’s, Washington, Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Memphis and Grand Canyon. Hymes has as much upside as…
While there are several top-rated members of the 2019 Class in the West that have not yet received an offer from the University of Arizona, the state of Arizona’s top overall prospect in the class has. Salpointe Catholic High School’s 6-foot-5 superb sophomore wing prospect Majok Deng has received numerous offers of late, but this week he received his biggest offer yet – an offer from the University of Arizona. The offer from the Wildcats came after Deng has taken several unofficial recruiting visits to the school’s campus, since Deng attends school and lives near U of A’s campus. Deng…
While many of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2017 class have already given verbal commitments to college programs across the country, Some student-athletes this spring will still be looking to land a college home. One of those prospects is Mesa High School’s talented 6-foot-5 senior forward DJ Henderson. Among the top available unsigned prospects, Henderson’s situation is a unique one for college coaches to take a look at. What makes Henderson’s situation so unique is that academically, Henderson still has a lot of work to do in the classroom. So much that he will not be able to get it…
In case you missed it, our top overall prospect in Arizona’s girls basketball for the 2017 Class in the state, Valley Vista High School’s 6-foot-2 senior post Kiara Edwards, has signed a division-I scholarship with San Diego State University. Edwards is an elite-level prospect in the state of Arizona, regardless of class. As a result, Edwards played for the Arizona Magic girls program, and finished her club career for the final two seasons with the West Coast Premier (CA), a Nike EYBL team and one of the most successful club programs in the country. Edwards has had an excellent career…
On Wednesday evening at this year’s exciting McClintock Holiday Shootout, as expected, top-ranked Shadow Mountain improved their undefeated record on the season – advancing to the tournament’s championship game after a 77-57 victory over a talented Chandler team. In the final game of the evening, Hamilton, led by head coach Doug Harris and his staff, were able to squeak past Brophy Prep on a last second shot, 46-44. Shadow Mountain (15-0) has been the class of this year’s event and also of the high school season, as the Matadors have displayed a toughness and level of confidence as a team…