Highland High School (21-2) has been terrific this high school season and looks to be headed for a strong post-season performance. This year’s Highland Hawks are big in size and loaded with talent – winners of their last 6 games in a row on the season, and also winners of 16 of their last 17 games. The Hawk’s only two losses on the season came at the hands of a loaded Mountain Pointe HS team, and also Reno HS in this year’s Las Vegas Holiday Classic over the winter break.
Highland has been led this season by the play of the talented twin duo of crafty 6-foot-1 senior post Elizabeth Rudd (Concordia College commit) and skilled 5-foot-11 senior forward Rebecca Rudd (Concordia College commit).
After seeing very little college recruitment after a season last year where they contributed on a loaded ball-club, the Rudd sisters elected to follow the footsteps of their older brother, William Rudd, and give verbal commitments to Concordia College (CA) - a division-II program located in southern California The program had been in contact with both sisters for some time, after their brother played at the program and advised the women's basketball coaching staff of the talented twin pair.
The Rudd sisters have come up big for Highland HS veteran head coach Miner Webster this season, raising thier overall play a great deal and helping lead the team to a big season thus far. While these two ladies have excellent size, they are both very versatile prospects. Rebecca is a small forward prospect that has a very good feel for the game, and possesses a sweet shooting stroke with excellent range. She has a good overall skill level and is fundamentally sound. Elizabeth, the taller of the two, is a power forward prospect that is also very skilled and is an effective rebounder and scorer around the basket. Elizabeth also has a nice shooting stroke which she is able to use to stretch the defense.
Both girls prospects have been well-coached over the years, as both of them move like basketball players and make basketball plays. They both play the game with a purpose and look to have good upside as prospects.
Both Rudd sisters were top performers at last year's Arizona Preps Fall Showcase event, and gave me the impression that both lady prospects could play collegiately. In fact, Concordia College is getting an absolute steal in both of these two prospects, as both are very skilled with good size and have the potential to develop a great deal over time.
The Rudd sisters advised me that past injuries kept them from reaching their potential as players, and also forced them to consider a future without college basketball. They are both very healthy now and also well engaged in their basketball careers.
Both sisters carry a 3.3 CUM GPA and achieved a 1530 on the SAT college entrance examination. Rebecca plans to major in Social Behavior in college, while Elizabeth plans to study Business.
Highland High School had a very strong campaign during the 2011-2012 high school basketball season – finishing with a stellar 29-5 overall record on the season. The Hawks reached the Division-I State Quarterfinals last season before falling to Dobson HS at Wells Fargo Arena.
