Sierra Linda High School’s skilled 5-foot-7 senior guard Janessa Aukward has found a college home for herself and it is with a strong women’s basketball program that recently won a national championship. Recently, Aukward signed a national letter of intent with Mesa Junior College. The Jackrabbits won this year’s Division-II National Championship and have one of the strongest women’s junior college basketball programs in the country. Aukward led her Sierra Linda HS team this season to a strong 24-7 overall record on the season – averaging 16.7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals per/contest. She is a combo-guard prospect that…
Author: Anthony Ray
The TUCSON YOUTH BASKETBALL EXPOSURE CAMP will be held on Sunday July 13 at Pima College. TUCSON YOUTH BASKETBALL EXPOSURE CAMP (Presented by Area Codes Basketball & West Coast Hoops Report) Sunday – July 13, 2014 (8 a.m. – 3 p.m.) Check-in 8 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Pima College – 2202 West Anklam Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745 Participation Fee: $95 Limited to 40 players in grades 3rd to 8th INCLUDED IN THE PRICE… * Every player will get a “HIGHLIGHT VIDEO” on youtube.com included in the cost to promote their skills to over 1000 college coaches & scouts across the country…
The annual Reebok Breakout Camp, held in Philadelphia, PA from July 8-11, during the NCAA certified NCAA Evaluation period, begins today and there will be two Arizona prospects in attendance for this week’s camp. The annual Reebok Breakout Camp, formerly known as ABCD Camp, has been widely known as the premier camp annually for the nation’s elite prospects. Top performers from this camp annually are considered future NBA Lottery draft picks. The camp also does a lot for a young man’s national ranking, while also providing maximum single-court exposure to more than 300 college coaches from across the country. This camp has also…
One of the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class of rising senior performers is Tucson native, Tucson’s Sahuaro High School’s athletic 6-foot-6 rising senior forward Nate Renfro. Renfro really helped himself this spring with his play and, as a result, has seen his college recruitment begin to really take off. While the month of July will be an important one in his college recruitment, Renfro has decided to end his college recruitment early – before the important July evaluation period. On Monday, Renfro decided to end his college recruitment almost as fast as it started to heat up – giving a verbal…
The Summer Sizzle Basketball Tournament took place this weekend at many different high schools around the state. Organized by PAC-12 referee and club coach Glenn Mayberry, the event showcased a very nice collection of basketball programs at many different age levels. I was able to catch much of the action throughout the weekend in the 16U and 17U levels, and had an opportunity to watch many of the state’s top prospects perform before the busy July evaluation period. In the 17U Division for this year’s event, the Arizona Magic Elite 17U team coached by Kenny Mullins would walk away with the tournament…
The Summer Sizzle Basketball Tournament took place this weekend at many different high schools around the state. Organized by PAC-12 referee and club coach Glenn Mayberry, the event showcased a very nice collection of basketball programs at many different age levels. I was able to catch much of the action throughout the weekend in the 16U and 17U levels, and had an opportunity to watch many of the state’s top prospects perform before the busy July evaluation period. In the 16U Division for this year’s event, the Arizona Magic Elite 16U team coached by Gino Crump would walk away with the tournament…
In case you missed it, Desert Vista High School’s superb 5-foot-10 rising senior guard Sabrina Haines is off the recruiting board after giving an early verbal commitment to the Arizona State Sun Devils. Among the most talented overall prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class, Haines was receiving loads of division-I interest from college programs, but decided to end her college recruitment – joining close friend and former high school teammate Armani Hawkins (Arizona State commit) as a 2015 pledge for the Sun Devils. Haines helped lead her Desert Vista High School girl’s program to a Division-I state title in 2014, and an almost undefeated…
With many scholarship offers on the horizon in the future, Basha High School’s rapidly-developing 6-foot-10 rising junior post Devin Kirby has reeled in his first offer from Grand Canyon University, as head coach Dan Majerle and his basketball staff have emerged as the first program to express their considerable interest. The GCU staff has done an excellent job in recruiting the state’s best talent in a short period of time, and are wasting no time in making it known to the state’s best prospects. No player has emerged more this club season than verbal leader on and off the basketball court. The younger brother…
According to sources close to the Arizona Elite girl’s club program, Corona Del Sol HS 5-foot-7 rising senior guard Taylor Kalmer is now off the recruiting board after giving a verbal commitment to a college program in the PAC-12 Conference. Kalmer is one of the top guard prospects in Arizona’s 2015 class, and is coming off a strong junior season where she put up impressive numbers for a team that would finish 16-12 on the season. Kalmer emerged as one of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s junior class with her performance this past season, and has continued her strong play through the…
No Arizona prospect has emerged more this club season than Sunnyslope High School’s talented 6-foot-3 rising senior guard Sammy Thompkins. While Thompkins was already considered among the elite prospects in the state’s 2015 class, this gifted guard prospect has emerged as the state’s premier performer, after a spring performance that has him now regarded among the top guard prospects in the country. After having a strong junior season for himself with his Sunnyslope Vikings, Thompkins has raised his overall level of play considerably and is having his way with Arizona competition – recently turning in several scoring outbursts in a recent…