Millennium High School’s terrific 5-foot-7 rising junior guard Raina Perez made a believer out of everyone this high school season, whether within the state of Arizona or not – scouts and media included. Perez’ ability to play the game of basketball at a high level has caught the attention of many people in the basketball community and has placed her name in the minds of basketball enthusiasts as an elite level prospect among the 2016 class. While Perez has yet to receive a national player ranking, it will soon come for this budding young prospect. This week, her college recruitment took…
Author: Anthony Ray
Soon after it has been reported that Shadow Mountain High School’s 6-foot-5, 220-pound athletic beast Carlos Johnson joined the storied Oakland Soldiers AAU/club basketball program, the talented 2016 prospect has reeled in an offer from a nearby, Northern California PAC-12 basketball program – his first official high-major division-I scholarship consideration. Last weekend and early this week, Johnson took an unofficial recruiting visit to the Cal Campus, while in Northern California – practicing with his new club program in preparation for the summer. While on the visit and meeting with new head coach Cuonzo Martin and his basketball staff, Johnson would receive…
One of the top girl’s prospects in Arizona’s 2015 classis not a household name and has recently emerged in the state of Arizona as one of the top post players in the class. Through hard work and development as a player, Valley Vista High School’s 6-foot rising senior forward Lauren Ames has improved a great deal throughout the spring. Through her improvement as a player, Ames has become a solid college prospect. Ames has not been a stat-sheet stuffer throughout her high school career, and really has not been counted on yet to be a huge contributor on the offensive end. Instead she has been delegated…
After a story-book season this year at Westwind Prep Academy – leading his team to numerous wins while putting up Arizona high school record scoring numbers, Westwind Prep Academy 6-foot-3 unsigned senior guard Lyrik Shreiner has decided to pass on the number of schools recruiting him, and head the post-graduate route for next high school season. As a result of his decision, Shreiner will look to play this summer in an attempt to raise his recruiting stock with many high-major college programs. “It’s all about winning,” said Shreiner regarding playing this summer. “Coaches know I can score – I just need to prove that…
One of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class is Tucson’s top-rated rising senior prospect, Empire High School’s Deion James. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound rising senior forward is a talented prospect with loads of potential for the future. As a result, James is receiving loads of division-I interest for himself heading into the summer evaluation period – the most important summer of his high school career. James is an attractive looking prospect to many college programs as a result of his nice size and skill level. While still developing a great deal, James emerged early in the state as a freshman,…
Arizona’s 2016 class of prospects continues to look better and better, as many prospects in the class continue to make a name for themselves – proving that the class will be a serious target for college coaches in the near future. One prospect in the class that projects to be one of the top prospects in the group is Dysart High School’s 6-foot-10 rising junior post Malik Ondigo. While still developing a great deal, Ondigo has quickly emerged as one of the elite post prospects in the class – making him a nice recruiting target for the future. Post players often take a much…
Patrick Kelly comes from a totally different brand of basketball – moving from the state of North Carolina just a year ago. As a result, Kelly brought with him to the state of Arizona a developed understanding of the importance of the game of basketball. While this young man is still very young and developing a great deal physically, Patrick Kelly is another young prospect to keep an eye on for the future. A rising freshman that will attend Pinnacle High School this fall, Kelly has come a long way in a short period of time. Still only 14 years of…
The Dobson High School girl’s program is coming off an amazing season, comprising a 30-3 overall record during the 2013-2014 high school basketball season. While the team would fall in the Division-I state semi-finals at the hands of the eventual state champions, Desert Vista HS, the Mustangs would walk away with a great season. While Dobson will lose much of the team’s scoring power next season due to the graduation of senior guard’s Tori Lloyd and Miyah Leith, the team will however return next season with many players from last year’s team to take over the helm for head coach Tyler…
Arizona’s 2015 class of prospects is a group of student-athletes that has some talented prospects, but looks nothing like the deeply loaded 2014 class that precedes it. While it is not a really deep class of division-I prospects for college programs to take a hard look at this summer, there were, however, a few prospects that played very well for themselves this spring. As a result, some prospects have really helped themselves heading into the July evaluation period. One of these prospects is Tucson’s Sahuaro High School’s athletic 6-foot-6 rising senior forward Nate Renfro. As a member of a talented group with the…
Campo Verde High School is a very young program in the East Valley – only having varsity basketball since 2010. As a result, the school is not notoriously known for producing much basketball talent for the collegiate ranks. But look for that to change in the near future with several top-rated young prospects at the program. The top young prospect in the school’s program is 6-foot-6, 195-pound rising junior forward Brandon Whittaker. One of only two underclassman prospects on head coach Michael Wirth’s varsity team last season, Whittaker is a big-time talent for the future and a definite division-I prospect that should…