basketball players finalize college plans. One of the most recent that was
talked about was Waterloo East guard Tyrone Scott, who is headed to Tyler
Junior College in Texas. Scott will be teamed with his former AAU
teammate, Nate Garner. This senior looked at a variety of junior
colleges in Iowa and Wayne State College in Nebraska before making his final
decision. With former Martin Bros. forward Jessan Gray coming back
home to Iowa State, the coaches at Tyler may have struck a pipeline into Iowa.
Webster City guard Brock Jacobson. This senior has been named All
State over the past two years and his decision finally became public recently.
Instead of being a standout at the Division II level, Jacobson will walk-on at
Iowa State. He will hope to follow in the footsteps of John Neal. He
walked-on after a nice prep career at Winterset and eventually earned a
scholarship. That will give Jacobson a great deal of motivation of the
next four or five years.
Two of the most interesting recruiting stories
that I have heard lately center around Buena Vista. The Beavers have
dominated the Iowa Conference over the past six years and just continue to get
better. They have an outstanding recruiting class coming in but it appears
that there has been some changes with the players that initially thought had
verballed. Ryan Sones of Laurens-Marathon was a 6-foot-10 All
Stater and expected to be headed to Storm Lake. A late charge by NIACC and
head coach Steve Krafcisin helped sway this standout into signing with the
Trojans.
Although they may have lost one prep, Buena Vista
also gained another. Sioux City Heelan forward Matt Cleveland was a
three year starter and many expected him to earn All State honors as a senior.
Although he fell short of that goal, when Cleveland came to play, he was nearly
unstoppable. He is a tough player to guard because he has the ability to
score both inside and outside. Cleveland had some very strong interest
from Division II schools but spurned them to play basketball at Buena Vista.
I reported on The End Zone recently that they had
signed Decorah forward Brett Humpal. Now they have added another
underrated prep player in Andrew Ellingboe of Central Lee.
Ellingboe is a standout in multiple sports and will likely be even better once
he focuses on basketball. On top of his skill in sports, he also was named
Academic All Conference.
is a late edition but I thought it was important to highlight three players.
Although he had to play through injury during most of his senior season, Cedar
Rapids Jefferson guard Tyler Born had a lot of interest from Iowa
Conference schools and other programs across the country. Born decided to
continue his hoops career at Washington University in St. Louis. This
decision was based on the outstanding academics offered by the school.
Two other players who received some serious
attention were Nashua-Plainfield forwards Nick and Kyle Kramer.
These cousins helped the Huskies to a great season on the basketball court and
have decided to remain teammates at the next level. This Kramer duo will
be playing next winter in Waverly, Iowa for the Knights of Wartburg. Both
have the ability to score inside and outside.
biggest news this past week was obviously Jason Bohannon. After an
official visit, he called Coach Bo Ryan and verbally committed to the Badgers on
Saturday. What this does is make the Wisconsin and Iowa recruiting classes
interesting. The Badgers have one spot open and it will likely be either
Trevon Hughes or Jerry Smith, depending on who commits first. The Hawkeyes
are hoping to land Hughes and Minnesota standout Isiah Dahlman. This new
is not Iowa preps but it concerns who the Hawkeyes end up with and who will be
playing with Bohannon in the future.
the football side of things, I posted an article today about Austen Arnaud
earning his third offer from the University of Houston. For whatever
reason, I keep hearing that the Cougars have been offering all the top players
across the Midwest. Top athletes in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa now have
seen Houston come out of nowhere and just offer them. For most of these
offers, I see it adding to the players offer total and not much else.
I hope you enjoyed this latest installment of
The End Zone. Once again, thank you for subscribing to IowaPreps.com and
allowing me to do something that I love. If you have any
questions/comments/thoughts, please either reply to this post or email me at
Luke@Rivals.com.
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