St. Mary’s High School’s 6-foot-2 rising senior post Chantel Osahor is among the elite post prospects in Arizona’s 2013 class and is also among the top overall prospects in the state. This weekend, after giving careful consideration to a number of college programs, Osahor removed herself from the recruiting board – giving a verbal pledge to the PAC-12’s University of Washington and head coach Kevin McGuff and his women’s basketball staff. Osahor competes for the talented Arizona Warriors aau/club program, and is the fifth member of the team to commit this off-season to a division-I program. In fact, each of the five individuals…
Author: Anthony Ray
After spending a week on the other side of the country last week, I spent this week driving all over Southern California between two big-time July exposure events – the Double Pump Best of Summer and the Fullcourt Press Cream of the Crop tournaments. With both events taking place at the same time, and with a large number of teams participating in both events, I had my work cut out for me covering the Arizona club programs in participation. After spending a lot of gas and time running back and forth from gym to gym and getting very little rest,…
After spending a week on the other side of the country last week, I spent this week driving all over Southern California between two big-time July exposure events – the Double Pump Best of Summer and the Fullcourt Press Cream of the Crop tournaments. With both events taking place at the same time, and with a large number of teams participating in both events, I had my work cut out for me covering the Arizona club programs in participation. After spending a lot of gas and time running back and forth from gym to gym and getting very little rest,…
Westwind Prep Academy transfer, 6-foot-7 talented rising junior forward prospect Zylan Cheatham is having a big off-season for himself and, as a result, continues to impress many college coaches, scouts and media with his length, athleticism and high skill level. While still needing work on his ability to shoot the basketball with range, Cheatham is now handling the basketball like a guard and has shown a great deal of versatility in Los Angeles, CA this weekend – enough to garner another high-major division-I offer for himself. This weekend, while playing with his club program, the Arizona Magic Pump N’ Run-2014 in the Double…
Last week, after a very strong breakout performance in Los Angeles, CA at the Pangos Sweet 16 club event, Westview High School’s ultra-talented 6-foot-8 rising junior forward Andre Adams absolutely blew up on the national recruiting scene with a very strong effort in front of numerous national scouts and media. As a result, Adams found himself on the front page of several national recruiting websites across the country. This week, while playing again in Los Angeles, CA, and in another Pangos event – the Fullcourt Press Cream of the Crop Challenge, Adams has taken his game to another level. On…
We begin our new Summer Player Rankings for girls basketball in Arizona with our first release – rankings for the 2013 rising senior class. This class is absolutely loaded with some talented prospects, and has numerous division-I prospects at different positions. Leading the way for this summer’s rankings in the 2013 class are twin sisters, St. Mary’s High School’s dynamic 5-foot-9 rising senior duo of Dominque and Danielle Williams. Both sisters recently shocked the state of Arizona when they gave verbal commitments recently to different high-major programs – splitting up for the collegiate ranks. Dominique gave a verbal pledge to UCLA, while twin sister Danielle…
With the July evaluation period beginning recently and after just the first week of the evaluation period, numerous prospects from the state of Arizona have had very strong showings thus far and at different AAU/club events across the country. First of all, Dobson High School 6-foot-5 rising senior transfer Jaron Hopkins is coming off an excellent showing at last week’s Adidas Invitational in Indiana. At the event, Hopkins ranked among the top individual scorers in the event and showcased his superb athleticism – playing well above the rim. Already possessing numerous scholarship offers on the table for himself, Hopkins was tracked in the event by college coaches from…
Casa Grande High School has a long history of producing quality point guards over the years. Recently, the school produced star guard Blake Nash (South Florida signee, transfer to Texas Tech). Next in line for the school is 6-foot-2 prep point man Jonathan Milligan. Milligan is currently rated among the top prospects in the country for the 2012 class, after an impressive showing last summer in the Reebok Breakout Camp where he was selected among the top overall prospects in the camp, and then again at last week’s Reebok Breakout Camp again, where Milligan was among the best pure point guards at…
Day three, the final day, of this year’s exciting Reebok Breakout Camp on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA concluded with two more games on the day, and finally closed with the ultra-talented all-star game in the evening. Camp participants looked very fatigued on the day, but fought through it as college coaches began the filter out of the building – heading to their next destination for the July evaluation period. Camp director Pat Coombs and his large Reebok staff performed brilliantly through the camp and worked tirelessly through the evening to ensure the camp ended on an exciting note. …
Day two of this year’s Reebok Breakout Camp was a good one on the campus of the University of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. With a large amount of division-I college coaches in attendance for the entire day, camp participants played at a high level throughout the day – playing in three games and showing some fatigue toward the evening. With several Arizona participants in action on the day, the performances of Poston Butte High School 6-foot-2 rising senior guard Jalen Richard and Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd highlighted the day’s action. Chaparral HS 6-foot-8 rising senior post Joe Boyd has…