The amazing 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held October 29th – 30th, 2016 at American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event will be held on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday October 30th for high school and junior high boys (7th & 8th grade). Here are the team rosters and the complete game schedule for this weekend’s event . . . 18th ANNUAL ARIZONA PREPS FALL SHOWCASE EVENT SCHEDULE Saturday, October 29th 9AM – 10AM – Player Check-In / Registration (Mandatory) 10AM – 10:45AM – Opening Announcements (Special Guest Speaker former Oregon…
Author: Anthony Ray
The amazing 18th Annual Arizona Preps Fall Showcase, Arizona’s original showcase basketball event, will be held October 29th – 30th, 2016 at American Indian Indian College (SAGU University). The event will be held on Saturday, October 29th and Sunday October 30th for high school and junior high boys (7th & 8th grade). This is the most exciting exposure event of the year. This event will, once again, be attended by some of the top national and regional basketball scouting services in the country, and will be open to all high school and junior high aged boys players in the state.…
Jay Green is a 6-foot-6 prep guard/forward for Hillcrest Prep Academy’s post-graduate team. Green played last season as a senior for Mountain Ridge High School. He is a very long and athletic performer with very good versatility as a player. He has the ability to get to the basket and finish above defenders, almost at will. He has a great feel for the game and can really make shots. He is a lock down defender and plays multiple positions, but gives smaller guards problems with his length and athleticism. Jay has flourished in the classroom – finishing up his senior…
In case you missed it, Hillcrest Prep Academy 6-foot-9 prep forward Cameron Benford has given a verbal pledge to play for IPFW next fall. At IPFW, Benford will play for head coach Jason Gardner, a former standout performer for the University of Arizona. A native of Seattle, Washington where he attended Skyline High School, Benford journeyed to the state of Arizona this season to play for Hillcrest Prep’s post-graduate team, in an attempt to improve his college recruitment and develop for the collegiate level. Benford recently became Hillcrest’s first post-grad prospect to give a verbal commitment this season. Benford is…
One prospect that has emerged a great deal over the past year has been Brophy Prep High School’s 6-foot-9 senior post Sean Dunn. Dunn emerged as the top post prospect in Arizona’s 2017 class over the last year, and while he did not see his college recruitment soar as expected heading into the club season, this week Dunn gave a verbal commitment to a strong division-II program located in southern California. After mulling over his options for the future, this week Dunn decided to end his college recruitment – electing for Point Loma Nazarene University and head coach Ryan Looney…
After we had just released that Mountain Ridge High School’s 6-foot-7 senior forward Jared Rodriguez might wait late, until the spring to make his college decision, the very athletic wing prospect with good length and a very versatile skillset, decided to pull the trigger early with a program in the Big Sky Conference. This week, after recently receiving a division-I offer from the University of Idaho, Rodriguez, whom had not seen his college recruitment take off as of yet, decided that a bird in the hand was worth more than two in the bush – giving a verbal commitment to…
Arizona State University college basketball game analyst Tom Kuyper will be instructing participants from this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase on the first day of the event, Saturday, October 29th. Kuyper is currently the head coach of Sagu University, a new NAIA program in the valley. Fall Showcase participants will get instruction from a college head coach in this years’ event. Kuyper will be speaking and instructing the Showcase players after Phoenix Suns’announcer and commentator Eddie Johnson makes his return to this year’s Arizona Preps Fall Showcase. Johnson is the featured guest speaker for this year’s event. The amazing…
Agua Fria High School’s 6-foot-5 senior wing Bryce Fowler recently received a nice scholarship offer for himself after an official recruiting visit to a Big Sky program. The offer was too much to pass up, so Fowler gave a commitment on Wednesday to Sacramento State. Fowler really took advantage of the club season, as he boosted his college recruitment with numerous strong performances for himself against out-of-state competition. Fowler proved that he was a strong shooter of the basketball and had a nice overall skillset. Fowler proved himself enough to earn a division-I scholarship offer. Fowler played this club season…
On Tuesday afternoon, Apollo High School’s talented 5-foot-11 senior point guard Holland Woods Jr. decided to pull the trigger and end his college recruitment – giving a verbal commitment to Portland State University. Woods’ commitment was a big one for the coaching staff at Portland State, who had been recruiting Woods for some time. Portland State assistant coach Jase Coburn, a native of Arizona where he attended Mesquite HS, was responsible for recruiting Woods. Coburn has also recently landed many other Arizona basketball prospects, including Cameron Forte (2015-2016), whom he coached at McClintock HS, Calaen Robinson and Terrell Henderson of…
Chaparral High School’s gifted guard prospect, 6-foot-2 senior point guard Colton Kresl is among the most talented performers in the state – regardless of class, and is now one of the top unsigned prospects in the 2017 class. A big-time scorer of the basketball, Kresl is coming off a strong showing this spring and summer. Kresl has seen his college recruitment pick up as of late, and, as a result, he will look to wait to make his college decision. Already possessing a division-I scholarship offer from Northern Arizona University head coach Jack Murphy and his staff, recently Kresl has…