The commitments continue to keep rolling in for members of the St. Mary’s High School’s top-rated girl’s basketball program. After the recent commitments this spring and summer by St. Mary’s star players Courtney Ekmark (UCONN commit), Danielle Williams (Michigan commit), Dominique Williams (UCLA commit) and Chantel Osahor (Washington commit), now add Chloe Johnson to that list of division-I commits. The talented 5-foot-7 senior guard recently gave a verbal commitment to San Diego State University – a member of the Mountain West Conference. Johnson is another very talented prospect on the Knights’ very loaded roster and helped lead her Knights to an undefeated season…
Author: Anthony Ray
Very few high school players work as hard or as much as Brophy Prep’s 6-foot-2 junior guard Romano Bottini. One of the better guard prospects in Arizona’s 2014 class, Bottini worked tirelessly this off-season to raise his game and gain exposure to many college coaches, scouts and media. When the 2011-2012 high school basketball season ended, Bottini’s season had just began. The hard-nosed guard prospect laced up his sneakers and went to work – working out with a personal basketball trainer, lifting weights and hitting the spring and summer club circuit in hopes of improving his game and raising his…
Arizona’s 2015 class is beginning to take shape, as several prospects in the class have risen to the top of the class early on in their high school careers. One of these elite prospects in the class is Chaparral High School’s 5-foot-11 steady floor general Brandon Hoffer. After a strong freshman season for Hoffer where he saw immediate success at the varsity level, Hoffer has continued to build on his success and now looks ready for a much bigger sophomore season. As a mere freshman last season, Hoffer was immediately inserted into the Firebird’s varsity lineup. While the school went through…
Westwind Prep’s ultra-skilled 6-foot-4, 200-pound senior guard Josh Braun is on the comeback trail and is looking very good – close to returning back to the basketball court. A lot has happened for Braun since we last saw him play competing on the basketball court this past spring. Among the elite prospects in Arizona’s 2013 class, and with numerous scholarship offers already on the table for himself heading into the summer, Braun was looking to add to his list of offers in the summer months with strong play on the club circuit. Unfortunately for Braun, his 2012 club season ended almost as fast as it…
With many of Arizona’s top prospects in the 2013 class currently looking at recruiting options for themselves this fall, Basha High School’s 6-foot-9, 225-pound senior post Maurice Kirby is still mulling over his options for his future. Once committed to a PAC-12 program in Arizona State, Kirby has seen his college recruitment take an interesting twist over the past couple of years. Kirby committed to the Sun Devils and head coach Herb Sendek and his basketball staff as a mere freshman prospect, while under the leadership and development of former club coach Jeff De Laveaga. But soon after a verbal…
Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects is as loaded a class as there is among states in the West, and while many prospects in the class have already emerged at a high level amongst college coaches, scouts and media, there are still numerous players within the state that have gone well below the recruiting radar. One player that has soared well below the radar is Tucson Amphitheater’s 5-foot-10 junior point guard prospect Yusuf Shehata – and for good reason. Shehata was a contributor last season on Amphitheater’s state championship runner-up team – a team that finished with an impressive 30-4 overall record last…
Arizona’s 2014 class is absolutely loaded with top-rated prospects for college programs, and many of the prospects in the class are receiving loads of college recruitment already. While the class is very top-heavy with division-I prospects, there are many other prospects in the class that are also beginning to make a name for themselves as well. Tempe Prep High School’s 6-foot-4 junior guard Ryan VanDusen is a prospect that many do not currently know about, but need to observe, as this young man is beginning to make his case among the better guard prospects in the state. While playing at a…
The Arizona Preps Fall Showcase has taken place for more than a decade within the state of Arizona, and has produced hundreds of student-athletes that have gone on to play college basketball, both male and female. This exciting annual event has brought many opportunities to Arizona student-athletes over the past 13 years, and this year will be no different – in fact, this year could be the best ever as this year’s event will be bringing in some of the biggest and best college scouts in the country. No other event in Arizona will bring the recruitment opportunities for Arizona’s…
PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Bakersfield Jam of the NBA D-League will be holding an open tryout at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Ariz., on September 22 and 23, 2012. Registration will begin at 8:30 am on Saturday the 22nd with camp starting promptly at 9:45 am. The top 20 players from Saturday will conclude camp on Sunday the 23rd with an All-Star game from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Space is limited and spots are on a first come, first serve basis. To register prior to camp day please complete and submit payment and registration forms by fax to 661.615.6555…
Lincoln High School (OH) 2012 graduate, 6-foot-2 prep point guard prospect Austin Rutherford traveled a long way for his basketball future. After a strong senior season in the state of Ohio where he competed against stiff competition, Rutherford decided to pass on the attention he received from numerous smaller college programs and bring his game to the state of Arizona. Rutherford would take his game to Westwind Prep Academy where he currently is a post-graduate for the school’s talented prep team. Rutherford and a loaded team of prep players will face the majority of Arizona’s top junior college programs this season, and…