Former Basha High School 6-foot-3, 175-pound senior guard Kyndahl Holmes has decided to finish his high school career at Chandler HS. After spending his junior season at Basha HS where he was seldom utilized by the program, Holmes has decided to finish his senior season at Chandler where he will play for head coach Mike Ellsworth. While many of the top-rated prospects in Arizona’s 2013 class are household names among basketball enthusiasts in the state, Holmes is a rather unknown prospect. Holmes is among the most athletically gifted prospects in the class, but has yet to fulfill his ability during…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects is the most talented class of players that the state has seen in many years. Filled with a large number of student-athletes that have already shown promise to play at the collegiate level, the 2014 class looks to be the best class of prospects that state has seen in many years. Another prospect in the class that is developing a great deal as a player, and has shown promise to become a serious college prospect is Desert Mountain High School’s 6-foot-3 junior shooting guard prospect Remy Smith. Smith was a recent transfer to Desert Mountain HS after…
Another 2013 prospect is now off the recruiting board. It has been an exciting week for 2013 prospects within the state of Arizona, as some of the top prospects in the class have now made their college decisions. Add another to the list, as Poston Butte High School’s 6-foot-3 senior combo-guard Jalen Richard has given his verbal commitment to a program in the West Coast Conference (WCC). After recently scheduling official recruiting visits to Weber State and Santa Clara, Richard has given a verbal commitment to Santa Clara University and head coach Kerry Keating and his basketball staff. Weber State recently…
Our Arizona Preps website has been around since 1999, and our staff has worked hard over the years to bring you the best in coverage of the state of Arizona’s high school and junior college boy’s and girl’s basketball. Our staff is pleased to announce the addition of Gregg Rosenberg to our basketball staff, as Rosenberg will be providing coverage of Arizona boy’s high school basketball in the state. Rosenberg was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and became a PE Teacher in 1997. He started coaching basketball in 1995. During his last 4 years in Chicago, his public school…
With several prospects in Arizona’s 2013 class dropping off the recruiting board this week – add one more to the list. The state’s top-rated prospect in the 2013 class is now also off the board, as Dobson High School’s 6-foot-5 senior transfer combo-guard Jaron Hopkins has now made his college decision. It had been rumored lately that Hopkins would go in this direction, and this weekend, after taking an official recruiting visit to the school, Hopkins decided to give a verbal commitment to the University of Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his men’s basketball staff. The Colorado Buffaloes are a program…
It was unsure whether Chaparral High School 6-foot-8, 220-pound senior post Joe Boyd would wait until the spring signing period to make his decision, or even consider going to a prep school next year before moving on to the collegiate ranks. This weekend, Boyd made his decision and gave a verbal commitment to a program in the Missouri Valley Conference. After receiving strong recruitment by Drake University throughout the spring and summer months, Boyd ended his college recruitment once again and gave his verbal pledge to head coach Mark Phelps and his basketball staff. Drake assistant coach Chris Brazelton, a…
Westwind Prep 6-foot-1 senior point guard John Marshall, a recent transfer from Desert Vista High School, is now off the recruiting board, as the tough, hard-working and hard-nosed point man has given a verbal pledge to a program in the Big Sky Conference. While on an official recruiting visit this weekend to the University of Southern Utah, Marshall enjoyed his trip enough to end his college recruitment – giving a verbal commitment to new head coach Nick Robinson and his men’s basketball staff. Marshall becomes only the second Arizona 2013 prospect to give such a commitment to a division-I program…
St. Mary’s High School’s top-rated prospects continue to make recruiting headlines, as many of the players from last year’s undefeated state and national championship team either have headed to colleges or are committing to college programs. St. Mary’s head coach Curtis Ekmark has done an amazing job of developing his talent and showcasing them as well. 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, most recently, Chantel Osahor (Washington commit). The next prospect in line is 5-foot-7 senior combo-guard prospect Chloe Johnson. Johnson is another very…
The early fall signing period is among us, and many of Arizona’s top-rated prospects in the 2013 class will be zoning in on college programs for their future. Over the next couple of months, senior prospects will look to take some official recruiting visits to colleges around the country – looking to make their decisions during the fall. Arizona’s top-rated pure point guard prospect is on his first official recruiting visit this fall. Westwind Prep 6-foot-1 senior point guard John Marshall has began his quest to make a decision, as he has hit the recruiting road for the weekend. Marshall has headed to the state of…
One of the better prospects in the state’s 2013 class is Basha High School’s 5-foot-11, 175-pound senior point guard Richard Holt. Holt is coming off a solid junior season for himself where he played in the shadows of many different top-rated prospects last season. Playing alongside such prospects as 6-foot-5 senior guard Jaron Hopkins, 6-foot-8 senior Torren Jones, 6-foot-10 senior post Maurice Kirby, 6-foot-1 junior guard Nathan Markovich and 6-foot-3 senior guard/forward Kyndahl Holmes, Holt had to get in wherever he fit in – a fact that caused Holt to go almost unnoticed as a college prospect. Since last season, former head…