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…
Author: Anthony Ray
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…
It has been a very busy month of recruiting already for Arizona’s top-rated 2013 prospects, as many of the top prospects in the class have made their college decisions this month. Well, add another to the list of committed prospects in the state as Brophy Prep’s skilled 6-foot-9 senior post Tim Kempton has made his college decision. After taking several official recruiting visits for himself, Kempton has decided on a strong academic basketball program from the Patriot League. After a recent visit to the program, Kempton gave a verbal commitment on Sunday evening to Lehigh University and head coach Dr.…
Like the 2013 class, Arizona’s 2014 class of girl’s prospects is also very loaded with talent. While the class is still developing, many girls prospects have risen to the top of the class. One of the top prospects in Arizona’s 2014 class that will look to have a big junior season is Tempe Prep High School’s 6-foot-1 junior guard/forward Camille Zimmerman. Zimmerman is among the state’s most skilled talents and is coming off a big sophomore season for herself, after helping lead her Tempe Prep team to a big 2011-2012 high school basketball season. Behind the play of a trio of…
Marcos De Niza High School 6-foot-4 senior wing Richaud Gittens significantly raised his play this spring and summer, and, as a result, saw his college recruitment soar. After receiving strong interest from numerous schools this off-season, Gittens has made his college decision and elects for a program in the Big Sky Conference. This week, after considering his options, Gittens gave a verbal commitment to Weber State and head coach Randy Raye and his basketball staff. Weber State assistant coach Phil Beckner, an Arizona native and product of Buckeye High School himself, was instrumental in the recruitment of Gittens. Beckner has done an excellent job…
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…
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…