The high school career of Basha High School’s 6-foot-10, 220-pound junior post Maurice Kirby has been a very interesting one – filled with challenges, high school transfers and up and down expectations from college scouts and media. In three years of high school basketball, Kirby has played at three different high schools, but one thing has remained consistent for Kirby – his wonderful smile and desire to play the game to the best of his ability. Once projected as a PAC-12 college prospect, Kirby gave an early verbal commitment to Arizona State University and head coach Herb Sendek and his staff as a mere sophomore…
Author: Anthony Ray
Arizona’s 2014 class of prospects may end up being the best class of college prospects ever in the state, as many players in the class already hold numerous scholarship offers. One of the best prospects in the class is Gilbert Highland High School’s 6-foot-6, 215-pound sophomore forward Jake Toolson. Toolson is coming off a very good sophomore season for himself, and now currently has three different division-I scholarship offers on the table for himself. Toolson was on a high school team that struggled this past high school season, as his Highland HS team finished with a 12-13 overall record on the…
The Adidas Elite 8 In The Desert presented by Muscle Milk got underway in fine fashion on Saturday morning with games taking place as early as 8AM, and at several gym locations around the valley. With many teams traveling to the state of Arizona to take part in this year’s event from the states of California, Nevada and New Mexico and all around the state of Arizona, there was a lot of exciting basketball action taking place on the day. Arizona Preps was in attendance for this Saturday’s competition and caught a lot of the action from the day. With Mother’s Day taking place on…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Westwind Preparatory Academy Announces Basketball Staff Taking Arizona Basketball to the Next Level May 11, 2012 Westwind Preparatory Academy (WPA), a Phoenix, Arizona based charter school, a month ago announced the hiring of Jeff de Laveaga as their new Director of Basketball Operations. This week, de Laveaga has announced his impressive basketball staff consisting of some great basketball minds, former college and professional players and the valley’s most experienced trainers. “We’ve had a very busy few weeks since announcing the new direction of the program,” says de Laveaga. “I’ve received over 500 phones calls from players, parents,…
This year’s 2012 Arizona Reebok Headliner Tryout Camp, held at Chaparral High School on Sunday, May 6th was one to remember – one of 13 camps of it’s kind across the country. This year’s field of participants was filled with talented prospects from across the state of Arizona, and also across the country. With many prospects in attendance from the state of California, Louisiana, New York, Vegas, Florida and New Mexico, this year’s group of participants were fired up to compete for an invitation to this year prestigious Reebok Breakout Camp – sponsored by Reebok and NBA player John Wall…
This year’s 2012 Arizona Reebok Headliner Tryout Camp, held at Chaparral High School on Sunday, May 6th was one of 13 camps of it’s kind across the country. This year’s field of participants was filled with talented prospects from across the state of Arizona, and also across the country. With many prospects in attendance from the state of California, Louisiana, New York, Vegas, Florida and New Mexico, this year’s group of participants were fired up to compete for an invitation to this year prestigious Reebok Breakout Camp – sponsored by Reebok and NBA player John Wall (Washington Wizards). In front of more than 30 members of the…
This year’s 2012 Arizona Reebok Headliner Tryout Camp, held at Chaparral High School on Sunday, May 6th was one to remember – one of 13 camps of it’s kind across the country. This year’s field of participants was filled with talented prospects from across the state of Arizona, and also across the country. With many prospects in attendance from the state of California, Louisiana, New York, Vegas, Florida and New Mexico, this year’s group of participants were fired up to compete for an invitation to this year prestigious Reebok Breakout Camp – sponsored by Reebok and NBA player John Wall (Washington Wizards). In front of more…
After receiving his first official scholarship offer last week from local Arizona State University and head coach Herb Sendek and his basketball staff, South Mountain High School’s 6-foot-7 sophomore wing prospect Zylan Cheatham has received another offer from another PAC-12 program. Friday evening, Cheatham received an offer from the University of Colorado and head coach Tad Boyle and his staff. The offer from Colorado now brings Cheatham’s list of offers to two, with many more schools looking to get involved in the near future. “I am very excited,” said Cheatham about the second offer. “I can’t wait to tell my mom, she…
Corona Del Sol High School’s 6-foot-2 ultra-talented sophomore point guard Casey Benson has been on a tear in a short period of time thus far in his high school career. This year’s recipient of the 2012 Arizona Preps Player of the Year award, Benson has seen his college recruitment begin to really pick up steam early. After already possessing two division-I scholarship offers from Arizona State and Boise State before the spring evaluation period, Benson picked up another offer from the University of Colorado recently, and this week has reeled in another scholarship offer from a high-major program in the Athletic Coast Conference (ACC). …
Salpointe Catholic High School’s 6-foot-6, 205-pound senior forward Talbott Denny was among the top unsigned senior prospects in the state, especially after a terrific spring performance for himself. Denny helped himself this spring more than any other Arizona unsigned senior prospect with strong performances on the club circuit. After strong performances on this year’s spring circuit with his Tucson Pump N’ Run club team, Denny generated heavy recruiting interest for himself from many division-I programs across the country. As a result, Denny received several scholarship offers from smaller programs, and also division-I offers from Lipscomb University and Houtson Baptist University. He also…