Basha High School’s gifted and athletic 6-foot-11 senior post Devin Kirby suffered a horrific injury last season during the McClintock Holiday Shootout basketball tournament – causing him to miss much of his junior season, and also all of the spring and summer AAU/club competition. As a result, he was in a rush to find a college program that would commit to him early in the development process. Kirby found his fit, giving a verbal commitment to Montana State University and head coach Brian Fish. Kirby made his decision to go to the Big Sky program after a successful official recruiting visit…
Author: Anthony Ray
Former NBA player and legendary basketball player developer John Lucas has been widely recognized and known around the world for developing some of the nation’s top players. Over the past 10 years, he has developed some of the elite basketball camps in the country, which have been comprised of the nation’s top young talent. This weekend, Lucas and his staff ventured to Inspire Courts in Gilbert, Arizona, to host their annual Camp Right Way Southwest. The camp is always excellent as it features excellent player instruction, and a wide variety of stations and drill work. The camp staff works tirelessly…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is now off the recruiting board, as 6-foot-6 senior wing Brock Gardner of Tri-City Christian Academy gave a verbal commitment this weekend to Liberty University. Gardner’s pledge to Liberty came after a very good in-home visit last weekend at his home in Chandler, then an official recruiting visit to Liberty this weekend. While Gardner has numerous scholarship offers, Liberty got in on Gardner very early in the recruiting process and seemed to recruit him the hardest. Gardner chose Liberty University over other offers from LeHigh, Dartmouth, UC Davis, Columbia, Air…
Gilbert Christian High School’s athletic and talented 6-foot-9, 210-pound senior post Mitch Lightfoot has been the state’s top recruited prospect in the 2016 class, and one of the top prospects in the West. Lightfoot is coming off a very good spring and summer performance, where he earned significant high-major division-I interest from around the country. As a result, Lightfoot has decided to take official recruiting visits to five different schools this fall before reaching his decision. Lightfoot has already taken official recruiting visits to Stanford (May 28th) and Utah (September 3rd), and this weekend he took his biggest recruiting visit…
The annual Area Codes Frosh/Soph Showcase took place last weekend on the campus of Arizona Christian University. Organized by tournament director Chad Groth, this one-day event was action-packed and filled with each of the state’s top prospects for the 2018 and 2019 classes (freshman / sophomores). Former NBA star Isaiah “J.R.” Rider gave a terrific speech to the participants of this year’s camp – one to remember. Rider spoke about academics and how they played a major part of his athletic/academic career. Rider also spoke with about his high school, college and NBA career. Rider was one of the top…
This year’s exciting annual ACCAC JUCO Jamboree wll be held on Saturday, October 3rd at Glendale Junior College and will feature each of the teams from the conference in action on the day against one another. This event is also certified for NCAA Division-I coaches to attend – making the atmosphere always very exciting to watch. Games will begin at 10AM on the day and will cost $10 for an all day pass. Arizona Preps will be in attendance on the day to cover the event, and will be bringing you a complete recap of the day’s top performers, and…
Apollo High School is coming off a very good performance as a team during the 2014-2015 season, after finishing with a nice 22-7 overall record on the season. This season, Apollo is expected to battle all season for a Division-I state title behind the coaching of Jacob Marin, and the superb play of their junior backcourt – 5-foot-11 junior guard Holland Woods Jr. and 6-foot junior guard De Marin. Woods and Marin are both coming off excellent performances this spring and summer on the club circuit – leading their respective club teams to strong performances in the spring and summer. …
Basha High School’s talented and promising 6-foot-5, 195-pound junior forward Gabe McGlothan made a nice splash this club seasong – leading his club team to several big tournament championships on the club circuit. As a result, the gifted 2017 prospect has received serious division-I interest as of late. Currently with two scholarship offers on the table for himself, this week McGlothan would receive another scholarship offer from Montana State and head coach Brian Fish and his staff. McGlothan also holds offers already from Grand Canyon University and also the Big Sky Conference’s Northern Colorado. McGlothan has not indicated that he…
One of the elite boy’s basketball prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is Gilbert Christian High School’s 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard Cameron Satterwhite. One of the most athletic prospects in the state, Satterwhite came into his own last high school season – enough that he would earn a scholarship offer from the University of Colorado. Satterwhite would give an early commitment to Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his staff, ending his college recruitment. Satterwhite would play through the club season this spring and summer, before suffering a serious injury to his knee late July in Las Vegas. The injury…
One of the elite boy’s basketball prospects in Arizona’s 2016 class is Gilbert Christian High School’s 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard Cameron Satterwhite. One of the most athletic prospects in the state, Satterwhite came into his own last high school season – enough that he would earn a scholarship offer from the University of Colorado. Satterwhite would give an early commitment to Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his staff, ending his college recruitment. Satterwhite would play through the club season this spring and summer, before suffering a serious injury to his knee late July in Las Vegas. The injury…