Dark HorsE Recruiting Report

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2 Boys Basketball Updates (2/26/18) G Isayas Aris (Chicago Christian HS, IL) Update: Though Aris is visiting Vanguard (NAIA) and Copper Mountain College (NJCAA) in coming weeks, he is now open to considering options at all levels. North Park University (D3) is one of Aris most recent suitors PG RayJ Dennis (Oswego East HS, IL) Update: Last week, Dennis received his first division one scholarship offer from Northern Illinois. The junior floor general is having a tremendous high school season and 25+ D1 schools are preparing to evaluate him this spring PG Zach Ludwig (St. Charles North HS, IL) Update: Ludwig s recruitment now consists of schools like St. Ambrose (NAIA), Roosevelt (NAIA), Cornell (D3), and North Central (D3). North Central has indicated to Ludwig that he is their top priority in 2018 at this point Wing Kam Mack (Jacobs HS, IL) Update: Augustana College (D3), Illinois Wesleyan (D3), North Central College (D3), and Washington University in St. Louis (D3) are among the leaders for Mack. He attended a Wash U game this past Saturday & has scheduled a visit for March G Angelo Martucci (York HS, IL) Update: Martucci took his final scheduled visit to Cornell College (D3) last week, and he is now in the process of making his final school selection between Cornell, Carroll, and St. Norbert. Commitments Wing Michael Wright Jr. (Proviso East HS, IL) Update: Wright visited St. Ambrose (NAIA) last week after landing his first scholarship offer courtesy of Jarvis Christian College (NAIA) G Ben Tompson (Bartlett HS, IL) Commitment: Loras College (D3) Story: Though Tompson has missed much of his senior season due to an ankle injury, Loras coaching staff has remained in touch significantly. As a result, Tompson committed while on a visit last weekend. He is the third member of the Dark Horse 2018 basketball class to commit to Loras.

3 Performances of the Week F Maggie Bair (Glenbard South HS, IL) Performance: The Drake University (D1) commit had a monster game in the sectional championship, scoring 15 points, grabbing 7 rebounds, blocking 3 shots, and securing 3 steals in the win. The sectional championship was the first in the Glenbard South program s history PG J.R. Cison (Lake Zurich HS, IL) Performance: The athletic and quick lead guard had a dominant performance against Mundelein last week, scoring 20 points and handing out 5 assists to teammates in a win. Alumni Spotlight G Justin Fox (Dwight Township HS, IL) Current School: Elmhurst College (D3) Performance: In a win over North Park, Fox scored 20 points on 8-14 shooting and pulled down 8 rebounds to wrap up a strong freshman campaign G Karson Hayes (McClellan HS, AR) Current School: Blackburn College (D3) Performance: In a must-win game for Blackburn, Hayes delivered with 38 points to earn Blackburn a berth in the SLIAC tournament PG Christine Corpuz (Oswego East HS, IL) Performance: In one of the more impressive performances in recent area hoops, Corpuz scored 17 points (15 in the 4 th quarter alone) to carry Oswego East from 22 down to win their regional semifinal matchup against West Aurora F Aidan Shore (Sterling HS, IL) Performance: The long and athletic Shore posted a huge 11-point, 17- rebound performance in a Sterling win this past weekend F Jake Heggeland (Wheaton North HS, IL) Current School: Taylor University (NAIA) Performance: Though Taylor ultimately lost the game to Huntington, Heggeland posted 28 points and 9 rebounds in the game last week F Nate Navigato (Geneva HS, IL) Current School: Toledo University (D1) Performance: Against conference foe Ohio University last week, Navigato went for 15 points and 5 rebounds in a win.

4 Football Updates (2/26/18) 2019 CB Justin Agema (Naperville Central HS, IL) Update: Agema had a busy two weeks, earning invites to a junior day at Cornell and the Brown camp. Northern Illinois has also invited Agema to campus for a visit WR Brandt Stare (Neuqua Valley HS, IL) Update: After earning invitations to the Columbia and Princeton camps a few weeks back, Stanford has invited the junior to their camp WR Harper Cole (Waubonsie Valley HS, IL) Update: Like Agema, Cole was also invited to the Cornell junior day, but he was also invited to camps at Yale, Holy Cross, and Penn among others. He is looking to schedule visits at Columbia, Butler, and MN State Moorhead MLB/G Casey Conery (St. Joseph s HS, IN) Update: Conery received an invitation to the Navy camp, and Navy is atop his list at this point QB Danny Cronin (Fenwick HS, IL) Update: After Harvard expressed strong interest two weeks ago, Boston College and Northwestern have both invited Cronin to campus for visits WR Caleb Price (Arlington HS, OH) Update: Caleb is still in touch with Youngstown State and has Trine up toward the top of his list at this point. He will be making his final decision in the coming days.

5 Updates (2/26/18) G Quin Earley (Benet Academy, IL) Update: The high-academic Earley is in the process of scheduling 5+ visits out east over the course of her spring break, which takes place at the end of March. Girls Basketball F Kelle Knopp (Plainfield North HS, IL) Update: Knopp earned admission into Hope College (D3) while also receiving a scholarship offer from Barton College (D2) in the past two weeks G Allison Newberry (Batavia HS, IL) Update: Though Newberry s recruitment is just beginning, Loras College (D3) and Indiana Wesleyan University (NAIA) are among her earliest suitors PG Sofia Radice (West Chicago HS, IL) Update: Radice is looking into scheduling an official visit to Alderson-Broaddus (D2), with a handful of other schools remaining in contact.