Recruiting 2019

[vufan75]

2019 6'3 Alex Hemenway of Castle (IN) picked up an offer from Valparaiso today per Trevor Andershock of INBballsource and also shown on Verbal Commits for Valparaiso.

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2019 6'3 Alex Hemenway of Castle (IN) picked up an offer from Valparaiso today per Trevor Andershock of INBballsource and also shown on Verbal Commits for Valparaiso

A Castle Knights gem. Now there is a team that can beat you in a close "chess match" and also in an all out "jousting competition" offensive struggle. They are from Newburgh, IN on the east side of the Evansville area where Hwy 66 goes from being an urban freeway to a winding river road.

[wh]

https://www.twitter.com/hemenway_chris/status/780044105036525568

[valpo84]

They need to put on the wall 6' and 7' lines so we can have a sense of how tall they really are (or maybe silhouettes of Smits, AP and Bryce for comparisons).

[vu72]

https://www.twitter.com/hemenway_chris/status/780044105036525568

This kid is supposed to be even a better shortstop then a point guard.  I wonder if he would be allowed to play both as did guys like Bruce Lindner back in the day.  I know Valpo just signed a woman who will be allowed to play both volleyball and softball.  You just don't see two sport athletes very often in today's world.

[valpo84]

vu72, you missed a good opportunity to mention Jamie Sykes!

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/3/19/4119040/march-madness-valparaiso-ole-miss-buzzer-beater-history

http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=ncaa/070315http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=ncaa/070315

[vu72]

vu72, you missed a good opportunity to mention Jamie Sykes!

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/3/19/4119040/march-madness-valparaiso-ole-miss-buzzer-beater-history

http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=ncaa/070315http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=ncaa/070315

For sure. What a great article in sbnation.  Jamie may have been the last two sport player for Valpo.

[valpotx]

One of the Jenkins brothers, as well.  I believe that it was Bill?  Both he and Sykes got drafted in baseball.

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/ad23harris/status/792066547682516992

I can't find a verbal commit profile or youtube video for the recruit. I guess he's coming for a visit sometime in November. Hope the visit goes well.

[valporun]

The women's team had a walk-on, Amanda Meyer, who played 3 sports at one point in her college career. She was on the soccer team, walk-on with the basketball team, and was a sprinter on the track team. As I recall, she's the only 3 sport female athlete in the Valpo Hall of Fame.

[valpotx]

The women's team had a walk-on, Amanda Meyer, who played 3 sports at one point in her college career. She was on the soccer team, walk-on with the basketball team, and was a sprinter on the track team. As I recall, she's the only 3 sport female athlete in the Valpo Hall of Fame.

Ah yes, and quite a character, at that

[Pgmado]

The women's team had a walk-on, Amanda Meyer, who played 3 sports at one point in her college career. She was on the soccer team, walk-on with the basketball team, and was a sprinter on the track team. As I recall, she's the only 3 sport female athlete in the Valpo Hall of Fame.

Ah yes, and quite a character, at that

She was no Kayla Ming!

Or Heather Furr for that matter.

[VU2014]

We had a recruit visit a few days ago. He's one of the up and coming IL recruits.

Jeremiah Hernandez  6'4"  G/F  2019  St. Viator (IL)

https://twitter.com/aintujerry_/status/795322167198105600

https://twitter.com/hernandezdns/status/795004646343507969

https://twitter.com/hernandezdns/status/795097693240590337

"The consensus around the camp was he played well enough to be selected to one of the All-Star teams.  This kid was one of the Top 5 under-rated talents at the event.  Top 20-25 in our deep 2019 crop in Illinois."
http://illinois-spotlite.blogspot.com/2016/10/top-youngsters-i-was-impressed-with.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwkBnvZ-zF4

[valpotx]

The women's team had a walk-on, Amanda Meyer, who played 3 sports at one point in her college career. She was on the soccer team, walk-on with the basketball team, and was a sprinter on the track team. As I recall, she's the only 3 sport female athlete in the Valpo Hall of Fame.

Ah yes, and quite a character, at that

She was no Kayla Ming!

Or Heather Furr for that matter.

Heather was definitely a goofball

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/strictly_skills/status/775760647896334336

[VU2014]

Valpo recruit Alex Hemenway visited Butler on Tuesday....

The kid is going to be a flat out stud. He's starting to get attention from Big East and Big 10 schools this AAU season. He plays for on of the Top Indiana AAU squads, Indiana Elite.

I hope our coaches build a close relationship with him. You can already tell he'd be a program changing recruit. Current offers: Valpo, Evansville and IUPUI. Thats saying something if Valpo already offered him and he's in the class of 2019. Our coaching staff is extremely judicial and picky with who we hand out offers to (as we should be).

https://twitter.com/PocketCityBball/status/867794152037249024
https://twitter.com/InTheGymHoops/status/859178221534892032

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/strictly_skills/status/875772056750641153

Position: PG
Height: 5-11

https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/857781744589787136
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/858426854637805568
https://twitter.com/6deepbasketball/status/862388858914312192
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/868595184191328256
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/868895546228043776
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/868914626116931585
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/870115337517322240
https://twitter.com/6deepbasketball/status/873693554299809796
https://twitter.com/6deepbasketball/status/873713016168165381
https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsMI/status/875400192614428673
https://twitter.com/scoopIPS/status/875747963649368064

https://twitter.com/BankHoops/status/871453703986958336
"Zach Goodline  5-10  So  West Michigan Lakers (Coloma): Parallel 45 had the blueprint to slow down Goodline the week before at the Camp Darryl Classic — beat up the underclassman with 190-pound guards then let him try to finish over a true-sized post. But neither of the Lakers' 17U final four opponents, TEAM Basketball or REACH, have that kind of personnel, and the 1,000-point prep scorer was back in the Goodie Mob form we saw against "The Elite" back at Spiece. With Goodline having his way off the dribble, finishing at ridiculous angles and spacing the floor with his shooting, it opened things up for West Ottawa wing Drew Pedersen to go off against REACH and center Dan Cluster to have his best tournament to date. He is the most offensively gifted point guards in the 2019 class, with D2s praying he doesn't grow."

https://www.prephoops.com/2017/05/prospect-spotlight-zach-goodline-2019/
"Coloma's 5-foot-11 point guard, Zach Goodline, is playing up a grade level this summer on the grassroots circuit, and hoping his early interest can materialize into offers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPKUjqRtgsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2WQqZTR4E

[M]

Calumet has a 2020 guard Da'Vion Davis who wants to go to valpo and will be one of, if not the, the best players in his class in the area. He went to one of their camps last year and had a nice relationship with Coach Manuel. He is friends and trained with Mileek last summer.

Kid is an elite shooter, very good passer, great handles. Was hidden on JV as a freshman and averaged 25 and has been playing great this summer for the Hammond Hurricanes. Just a name to remember.

[VU2014]

Calumet has a 2020 guard Da'Vion Davis who wants to go to valpo and will be one of, if not the, the best players in his class in the area. He went to one of their camps last year and had a nice relationship with Coach Manuel. He is friends and trained with Mileek last summer.

Kid is an elite shooter, very good passer, great handles. Was hidden on JV as a freshman and averaged 25 and has been playing great this summer for the Hammond Hurricanes. Just a name to remember.

Nice to hear local kids wanting to play for Valpo. I feel like Valpo's sustained success the last 6-7 years could help bring up the next generation of fans/recruits from the area. They will have grown up with Valpo being a successful team from "The Region" and maybe by the time they reach High School the kids that are talented enough to go D1 will want to play for their Local Team.

Nice to see more and more Indiana kids coming to Valpo the last few years. Derrik Smits, John Kiser, Nick Davidson, Mileek McMillan, Parker Hazen.

Also really nice to see the Coaching Staff recruiting a lot of Indiana Kids: Deavion Washington (Terre Haute, IN), Walter Ellis (South Bend, IN), Alex Hemenway (Newburgh, IN).

[VU2014]

Is anyone familiar with Brandon Newman? I believe he plays for Valpo HS. He received his first D1 offer from IPFW today.

Do you think he's a player Valpo would be interested in? Would be very cool to have a local kid play for his hometown school. I'm sure the coaching staff is very familiar with Brandon.

https://twitter.com/INPrep/status/876193136413900801
https://twitter.com/INBBallSource/status/876180018652737543

Year: 2019 (HS JR)
Position: SG
Height: 6-3
Weight: 175
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
High School: Valparaiso High School

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/brandon-newman-in

http://www.hudl.com/profile/6329578/brandon-newman

[Valpo89]

Is anyone familiar with Brandon Newman? I believe he plays for Valpo HS. He received his first D1 offer from IPFW today.

Do you think he's a player Valpo would be interested in? Would be very cool to have a local kid play for his hometown school. I'm sure the coaching staff is very familiar with Brandon.

https://twitter.com/INPrep/status/876193136413900801
https://twitter.com/INBBallSource/status/876180018652737543

Year: 2019 (HS JR)
Position: SG
Height: 6-3
Weight: 175
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
High School: Valparaiso High School

http://www.verbalcommits.com/players/brandon-newman-in

http://www.hudl.com/profile/6329578/brandon-newman

Yes, I'm familiar with Brandon Newman.
As a sophomore at Valpo High, he was usually the best athlete on the court - and I'm including games against Chesterton,  Merrillville and Crown Point. He's going to get a lot more offers. I'm sure he'd be thrilled with an offer from Valpo.
He's a good kid. Coach Coolman from VHS loves him. He will definitely be good enough to play at VU as he matures and gets stronger.

[FWalum]

If we are going to start putting up recruiting posts on kids in the class of 2021 I am not sure this is the place, but here it goes.

2021 incoming 14 year old 5'10" Concordia Freshman PG/SG Brian Parrish put up 13 in a scrimmage this past week against 2017 3A #5 Evansville Bosse. Parrish is the Grandson of VU alum and Concordia coaching legend Glenn Parrish and the son of former IPFW player and current TV basketball color commentator Jeff Parrish. Parrish is one of the best incoming guard prospects in the Fort Wayne area.

Had to put this video up because the young man is already sporting the Brown and Gold!

[oklahomamick]

Isn't Concordia a Lutheran school?

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Isn't Concordia a Lutheran school?

Richtig!








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[VU2014]

Sounds like Valpo coaches have been checking out Colin Kenney from Marquette Catholtic High School (same HS as Ryan Fazekas).

Colin was a NWI Times 2016-17 Boys Basketball All-Area Team First Teamer as a Sophomore for Marquette Catholic.
http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/the-times---boys-basketball-all-area-team/collection_355ee645-463f-527f-9c71-28f85e7f2bf6.html?utm_content=bufferaa927&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#6

FIRST TEAM: Colin Kenney, Marquette Catholic

Stats: 17.2 ppg, 4.8 apg, 71 3s/49 percent.

Analysis: Kenney shows the poise and leadership of a senior and he's still just 15. Dangerous on the attack and pulling up from deep, he has the knack to know when it's time to share the ball and when it's time to take over the game himself. He led the Blazers within a shot of the 2A state finals.

Position: G
Height: 5'8" - 6'1" (varies depending on site)
Weight: 175 lbs.
Year: Junior
Graduates in 2019
Marquette Catholic High School
Michigan City, IN

GP: 29
P/G:17.2
Ast/G: 4.8
Reb/G: 2.9
Stl/G: 0.9
Blk/G: 0.0

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/sports/ct-ptb-boys-basketball-notes-st-1223-20161222-story.html
Boys basketball notes: Marquette's Colin Kenney sets gym scoring record
By: Mike Hutton
Post-Tribune
Date: Dec 22, 2016

Marquette sophomore Colin Kenney has had some pretty good shooting nights. He recalled scoring 36 points last summer in an AAU game.

None, however, were as good as Dec. 3 in the Blazers' 78-74 victory over South Bend St. Joseph. He set a Marquette Scholl Center record, scoring 42 points. Kenney, the starting point guard, missed two shots. He was 8-for-9 from 3-point range and 6-for-7 on 2-point field goals. He made all six of his free throws.

"It was awesome," Kenney said. "It was a great atmosphere and a great game." Kenney said he was in a zone. "I felt like I couldn't miss," he said.

Kenney can score, but he doesn't have to. In a 15-point win against Hanover Central, he sat most of the second half and finished with three points. He is averaging 21 points, five assists and two steals.

Marquette coach Donovan Garletts said Kenney has just kept getting better since he worked his way into the starting lineup midway through his freshman season. "I knew he was going to be good," Garletts said. "We just didn't know he'd be that good that quick."

The Blazers (3-2) are a young team. Only Kenney and Jon Andershock, a senior forward, return with experience. The Blazers have "given up a ton of points," Garletts said. Opponents are averaging 68 points.

Garletts expects them to figure it out before the IHSAA tournament starts. "The wonderful thing about the postseason is you can lose 20 (regular-season games) and still be successful," he said. "I definitely think this team will be better at the end of the year."

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https://twitter.com/SYF_Players/status/876978302178787329
https://twitter.com/SYF_Players/status/872195478968041473
Indiana Elite is the team Valpo Recruit Alex Hemenway plays for. Starting to get P5 looks.
https://twitter.com/prephoopstars1/status/864120506747932672
https://twitter.com/prephoopstars1/status/863753092138971138
https://twitter.com/prephoopstars1/status/863758392598249473


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