Arizona Western’s 6-foot-10 sophomore post Renan Lenz is coming off a very good sophomore season for himself under head coach Charles Harell. Lenz was selected as a First-Team All-Conference selection, as a First-Team Division-I All-Region selection this season, after helping lead his Arizona Western program to this year’s 2012 ACCAC Conference Title. Lenz has been among the highest recruited junior college post prospects in the country this season – hearing from numerous division-I college programs throughout the year. With his college recruitment beginning to wind down, Lenz has four schools now in mind for his college future. I caught up with head coach…
Author: Anthony Ray
Peoria High School’s 5-foot-10 star senior point guard Dewayne Russell is fresh off earning this year’s 2011-2012 Arizona Republic Player of the Year award, after leading his Peoria High School program to this year’s Division-II state championship after a narrow championship win over defending state-champion Amphitheater HS. Russell led Peoria High School to this year’s Division-II State Championship – after posting an impressive 27-3 record on the season. Russell is regarded as one of the very elite talents in the state after averaging eye-popping numbers this season – pouring in 27 points, 5.4 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 3.8 steals per/game this season.…
Former Arizona Heat boy’s club basketball president/head coach Elliott Glabman has been out of the Arizona high school basketball business for a number of years, but will soon be returning to Arizona basketball. Glabman operated the Heat basketball program in Arizona for 13 years and helped to produce many of Arizona’s top basketball talent – helping many student-athletes in the state land college scholarships at every level. Glabman left the game of basketball in 2005 to concentrate on his health. He underwent numerous back surgeries and now has recovered to the level where he can focus on aiding the lives of Arizona youth once again. I caught…
Now that the 2011-2012 high school basketball season is officially over, here are our selections for this year’s 2012 Arizona Preps’ Girl’s All-Arizona Team. This year’s selections were made by our basketball staff, and while it took some time in making these selections, we believe that these are the right selections for the honor. These selections will be forwarded to college coaches, scouts and media across the country. Here are our 2011-212 selections for boy’s high school basketball this season in the state of Arizona … Shilpa Tummala 5-11 Senior Guard/Forward St. Mary’s High School (Arizona Preps Player of the…
While Mesa Mountain View (29-3) would come up just short this high school season on winning the state title, the future is extremely bright for the Toros’ girls basketball program. This season, Mountain View head coach Henry Bribiescas had himself a very talented group of girls – a team that also included some of the state’s best young prospects. One of those prospects saw a lot of action this season as a mere freshman on a team that held the #1 seed heading into the Division-I state playoffs. 5-foot-8 freshman guard Sabrina Haines came off a terrific middle-school career, and jumpoed…
The All-Arizona Showcase & Combine took place on Sunday at the very nice Avondale Sports Complex. With more than 150 different prospects in action on the day from each of the high school classes (freshmen through seniors), the event was well attended and gave our staff an opportunity to see many of the state’s best basketball prospects in one venue – before the spring evaluation period. Arizona Varsity’s John and Dutch Perryman teamed up again with Ron Coleman of the Southwest Showcase and, once again, put on a classy event for Arizona basketball enthusiasts to enjoy. This format is very nice as prospects…
Now that the 2011-2012 high school basketball season is officially over, here are our selections for this year’s 2012 Arizona Preps’ Boy’s All-Arizona Team. This year’s selections were made by our basketball staff, and while it took some time in making these selections, we believe that these are the right selections for the honor. These selections will be forwarded to all of our current subscribers from our Arizona Hoop Review Scouting Service, which includes more than 300 different college programs across the country. We also will forward these selections to media and scouts across the country. Here are our 2011-212 selections for boy’s high…
Corona Del Sol High School’s 6-foot-2 sophomore point guard Casey Benson has been selected as our 2012 Arizona Preps Boys Player of the Year. Benson is coming off an excellent sophomore season where he led his Corona Del Sol High School boys basketball team to this year’s 2012 Division-I State Championship, after a big 66-53 championship win over Cesar Chavez HS. Benson also helped lead his Aztecs to the 2012 Section-I Championship, as the Aztecs only lossed one game on the season – compiling a very impressive 32-1 record on the season in the state’s top division. “First and foremost, I…
St. Mary’s 5-foot-11 senior guard/forward Shilpa Tummala has been selected as the 2012 Arizona Preps Girls Player of the Year. Tummala is coming off an amazing senior season, where she helped lead her St. Mary’s Knights to this year’s 2012 Division-I State Championship, after an impressive championship victory over a surging Hamilton HS team – 65-40. Tummala also helped lead the Knights to the Section-I Tournament Championship. While these accomplishments by the St. Mary’s team were very impressive, none was more impressive than the fact that the Knight were also regarded as the nation’s #1 ranked teamall season long – winning this…
With so many of the state’s top 2012 prospects still available this spring, let’s take a look into another one of the state’s top unsigned performers. South Mountain High School’s 6-foot-3, 165-pound senior combo-guard prospect Allante Smith is a name many in the Arizona basketball community have not heard of, but this young man is definitely a nice prospect for college programs to take a strong look at. Smith helped lead his Jaguars to a 15-13 overall record this season in the state’s Division-II Class, and while the team was not able to make it to the post-season this year, Smith…