No one helped themselves more with their play at this past weekend’s West Coast Elite All-Star Camp event more than Shadow Mountain High School’s 5-foot-11, 160-pound sophomore guard Jaelyn House. While House built a name for himself last season while helping lead his Matadors to a state title, he turned in a stellar performance on Sunday. House is among the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2019 class, and, while he is still small in stature, he is a technician on the basketball court – surveying the floor and making plays off the dribble almost at will. He showed off his superior…
Author: Anthony Ray
One of the elite prospects right now in the state of Arizona is St. Mary’s High School’s versatile post prospect, 6-foot-10, 205-pound junior KJ Hymes. Hymes has as much upside as we have seen in recent years in the state of Arizona, and division-I college coaches are taking serious notice. The talented and sizeable prospect has received 15 different division-I offers as a result. Hymes performed at a very high level all spring and summer with the Las Vegas Prospects – a heavily Nike-sponsored EYBL team that year in and year out produces some of the best players in the…
These Fall exposure camps are a great preview of up and upcoming underclass talent, and have served as a platform for many current top college and future NBA players. Here are the dates of this year’s Pangos frosh/soph camps around the country. September 24-25 – Pangos All-West Frosh/Soph Camp @ Cerritos College (Norwalk CA). Info: http://www.fullctpress.net/16-pangos-all-fs-camp.html October 15-16 – Pangos All-South Frosh/Soph Camp @ Triple A/Focused Learning Academy (Dallas TX). Info: http://www.fullctpress.net/16-all-south-fs-camp.html October 22-23 – Pangos All-Midwest Frosh/Soph Camp @ The Park District (La Grange IL). Info: http://www.fullctpress.net/16-allmwfs-camp.html October 29-30 – Pangos All-East Frosh/Soph Camp @ Riverwinds Center (West Deptford NJ). Info:…
Last weekend, the Area Codes Frosh Soph Showcase event, organized by NCAA Certified scout Chad Groth, took place at Mesa High School. The event was well attended and Arizona Preps was on job, as we were able to bring you our list of top performers from this exciting exposure event for the state’s best up-and-coming basketball prospects. While the event, of course, did not have all of the state’s top young prospects, and there are many, there was a nice crop of young talent. Of the players in attendance – here are my list of top performers from this year’s…
Arizona Western Junior College and Alaska native 6-foot-7 sophomore forward Kwintin Williams was the top returning junior college prospect in Arizona’s ACCAC junior college conference this season, before he decided to do an academic redshirt. After a strong freshman season for Pima head coach Brian Peabody, Williams was prepared to have a big sophomore campaign. But after he decided to transfer junior college programs this season and land at Arizona Western Junior College in Yuma, AZ, Williams learned that he would have to sit his sophomore year. Williams is currently still receiving loads of division-I college interest, as such programs…
One of the top prospects in Arizona’s talented 2019 class is Apollo High School’s 6-foot-5 long and rangy sophomore forward Emmanuel Taban. Taban emerged this club season as a talented and budding young prospect for the future. Here is my take on one of the state’s top rising recruiting targets for the future. Taban is one prospect that I have identified in the state of Arizona that college coaches will soon be identifying as a nice college prospect for them to take a hard look at. Such attention in the future should soon lead to numerous scholarship offers for Taban…
The top remainning recruiting target in Arizona’s 2017 senior class is Tri-City Christian’s 6-foot-8 senior post Nigel Shadd. Shadd has been among the top prospects in the class for some time, but now he is coming into his own as a college prospect. With several official recruiting visits already lined up for himself, Shadd has a couple new high major division-I suitors for himself. Already this fall, Shadd has scheduled three different official recruiting visits for himself to Pacific, Nevada and Virigina Commonwealth (VCU). Shadd has not indicated whether or not he has a leader at this point in the…
Arizona Preps’ staff member, father, friend and coach Gary Thompkins (pictured left) recently lost his life after suffering a massive heart attack. As a result, a memorial has been scheduled for Gary at Cortez High School, where he was recently an assistant coach for the varsity basketball team. The memorial to celebrate the life of Gary Thompkins will be held today on Thursday, September 15th at Cortez HS from 6PM to 8:30PM. We are asking that everyone in the basketball community please come out to celebrate the life of a man that gave himself to Arizona basketball. Thompkins (pictured left)…
Cesar Chavez High School talented 6-foot senior point guard Donald Carter is a nice talent in Arizona’s 2017 class. Among the top rated point guard prospects in the class, Carter is a nice talent that has the potential to play the game at the division-I level. Unfortunately for Carter he has not received the recruiting attention he deserves up to this point, but he is definitely worthy of the respect as a player. Carter played this spring and summer with the Arizona Power Black 17U team, a team loaded with much of the state’s top talented prospects in the state…
Sunnyslope High School had a stellar end to the 2015-2016 season – shocking basketball enthusiasts in the state after posting a 25-5 overall record, and finishing as the Division-I state champion runner-up. There were numerous young players on the Vikings’ team last season that were vital in the success of the team. One player that was very important in the team’s success last season was 6-foot-5 junior post Chris Orozco. While standing alone as the team’s only true post player last season, Orozco came up big for head coach Ray Portela and his staff last season. While not counted on…