Arizona Preps’ staff member, father, friend and coach Gary Thompkins (pictured left) lost his life on Saturday morning, after he was released from life support at John C. Lincoln Hospital amidst his family and friends. With his wife Kelly and his children, his father and close personal friends in attendance at the hospital on Saturday morning, Thompkins was pronounced dead at 11:40AM on Saturday. Thompkins suffered a massive heart attack on Wednesday. As a result, Thompkins was kept on life support until his son Sammy Thompkins arrived at the hospital on Saturday early morning. A memorial has been scheduled for…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona Preps’ staff member and close personal friend Gary Thompkins is fighting for his life at John C. Lincoln Hospital in north Phoenix, after suffering a massive heart attack on Wednesday. As a result, Thompkins is currently on life support and has the full on support of his family and many friends. Thompkins (pictured left) is the wonderful father of Sammy Thompkins and Zeke Thompkins, both gifted local basketball prospects. Thompkins is an amazing father and a friend to the entire basketball community in the state of Arizona. He was also currently the assistant coach to Howard Mueller at Greenway…
One of the elite young prospects in the state of Arizona is Desert Vista High School’s talented 6-foot-7 sophomore wing Walter Talley. A native of New York where he moved to the state of Arizona just a year ago, Talley is a big time prospect for the future and is coming off a big spring and summer peformance where he led his Powerhouse Hoops 16U squad to a nice performance on the club circuit. Walter Talley has many basketball enthusiasts in the state excited about his tremendous potential for the future. After an up-and-down high school season while playing for…
Incoming freshman guard prospect Evan Nelson is among the elite level talents in the state of Arizona’s 2020 class of prospects, and has already generated a huge buzz with college coaches after a huge spring and summer, where he helped his Powerhouse Hoops 15U club program to one of the top records in the West. As a result, Nelson has received his first division-I scholarship offer for himself, and before even entering the high school ranks. The offer came on Tuesday evening when Nelson received an offer from the University of New Mexico head coach Craig Neal and his basketball…
Hillcrest Prep Academy is quickly putting together some of the best talent in the country, and a big reason for that is the emergence of 6-foot-5, 185-pound senior wing Alfred Hollins. Hollins moved to Hillcrest this fall in an attempt to improve his college recruitment. As a result, he has picked up numerous offers from college programs quickly in the process. Hollins moved to the state of Arizona from California, in an attempt to develop as a player and to improve his college recruitment. Hillcrest has the nation’s top talented prospect in the country currently, as DeAndre Ayton has emerged…
St. Mary’s High School’s 6-foot-5 senior forward DeShawn Wilson is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada but ventured to the state of Arizona a year ago. After spending a year at St. Mary’s High School and helping lead the team to a nice state playoff run last season, Wilson raised his level of play this spring and summer – developing himself into a nice sleeper prospect among the 2017 class. Wilson is the younger brother of former Southern Utah player Sherron Wilson, who recently signed with Jackson State after a strong sophomore season at Paris JC (TX). While growing up,…
The recruiting battle for one of the nation’s elite guard prospects is over, and ended quicker than expected as Corona Del Sol High School’s superb 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior sharp-shooting guard Alex Barcello gave a verbal pledge to head coach Sean Miller and the University of Arizona Wildcats on Friday afternoon while on an official recruiting visit to the program. Barcello had trimmed his recruiting list down to 5 schools and had taken visits to Butler and Stanford before visiting Arizona this week. The lure to become an Arizona Wildcat is often too much for Arizona-native prospects to pass up, and…
In caase you missed it, one of the state’s elite young talents has changed schools. Former Mountain Ridge High School 6-foot-5 sophomore wing Josh Green has made his decision to join his older brother, Jay Green, at Hillcrest Prep Academy where he will play this high school season (2016-2017) and look to complete his high school career. A member of the loaded 2019 class, Josh Green is among the elite overall prospects in the state of Arizona, and is coming off a big freshman season for himself under head coach Eli Lopez. Green averaged strong overall numbers as a freshman…
After receiving loads of college interest during the spring and summer months on the aau/club circuit, Dysart High School’s 2016 graduate, 6-foot-10 post Malik Ondigo decided to play through the summer and benefited a great deal. After mulling over his many recruiting options and offers, Ondigo has decided on a prep school for the 2016-2017 season. After thinking over whether to sign with a division-I program this fall or attend a prep school for a post-graduate year, in an attempt to get stronger physically in preparation for the division-I ranks, Ondigo has decided to attend Putnam Science Prep Academy (CT)…
One of the elite overall players and top-rated college prospects in the state is a talented member of the state’s 2019 class. A class already loaded with some serious prospects for college coaches to begin taking a hard look at, Shadow Mountain High School’s gifted 6-foot-1, 165-pound sophomore point guard Jovan Blacksher is a unique talent that utilized this club season to break out from the pack of talented 2019 prospects. Last high school season was the first season of high school basketball for Blacksher and a very successful one, as he helped lead the Matadors to another Division-II state…