This weekend was a big weekend for former St. Mary's High School standout performer Garrison Phelps. After I recently stated that the ultra-athletic prospect was on the rise in my last write up regarding Phelps, he certainly is and has been, as now the 6-foot-7 prep prospect has decided to pull the trigger on his college recruitment during the fall, early NCAA signing period - giving a verbal pledge over the weekend to Utah State University and their coaching staff.
Phelps attended Link Year Preparatory School (MO) this season for a post-graduate year, after graduating from St. Mary's High School in the spring of 2022. Phelps held previous offers from Oakland, Texas State, Missouri State and Montana, before making his final college decision for Utah State.
Phelps has been a prospect that we have talked about for some time now, but he seemed to be overlooked consistently by many Division-I programs, until now - landing at a nice mid-major program for himself, where he should flourish, especially after another year of development, before he enters the collegiate ranks.
Phelps played this spring and summer with the highly Adidas sponsored Dream Vision (NV) club program, which is one of the nation's premier club programs. Phelps played at a high level with this group, which benefited him a great deal in his college recruitment.
Phelps has grown a great deal physically over the past two years that I have observed him as a player. He has now grown to 6-7 in height and has gotten much stronger physically, and is an ultra-athletic wing prospect that can make plays from anywhere on the floor. He plays well above the rim these days and is a highlight reel performer, either in transition or while slashing to the basket in the half-court set. Phelps is one of the most athletic prospects in America. Phelps has really improved in his ability to make shots from anywhere on the floor, as he has improved his ball handling and ability to make shots consistently from longer ranges on the court. His play-making ability is also much improved.
Phelps is also the son of longtime Division-I college coach Dionne Phelps. Garrison comes from excellent basketball bloodlines. Phelps will sign a national letter of intent with Utah State University during the NCAA Fall Signing Period.
Congratulations to Garrison and his family on this tremendous accomplishment - proving that patience is a virtue and the wait was well worth it. Our staff at Arizona Preps wishes him the best the remainder of this year, and look forward to great things from him in the future.
