by Alex Schwartz

I got in touch with a few talented prospects today to get recruiting updates. So, here goes:

Akeem Richmond '09: Syracuse, Western Kentucky, South Carolina, Nebraska, Florida, West Carolina, and East Carolina
                                  Offers: Syracuse, Western Kentucky, Nebraska, and East Carolina
                                  Favorites: Syracuse and Western Kentucky are his top two in order; "My top school is Syracuse. I just got back from there. My other favorite is Western Kentucky. . . . Those [are] my top two."

Adam Johnson '09: North Carolina State, Florida State, USC, La Salle, Rutgers, Virginia, Virginia Tech, South Alabama, Temple, and UMBC
                          Offers: UMBC
                          Favorites: USC and UMBC
                          Note- Johnson said that "the other schools [on the list] told [him] they are waiting to see how [he] does this year" before offering him a scholarship.

Calvin Newell '09: Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Robert Morris, Penn State, Siena, UMass, and St. Francis (PA)
                        Offers: Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Robert Morris, Siena, and St. Francis (PA)
                        Favorites: He listed his favorites as Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Penn State, and St. Francis (PA), with them being in the following order- 1. "probably" Fairfield, 2. Quinnipiac, 3. St. Francis (PA), 4. Penn State

Anton Dickerson '09: Rider, Siena, Robert Morris, Kent State, St. Francis (NY), LIU, Duquesne, Hofstra, Binghamton, and Penn State
                            Offers: Robert Morris and St. Francis (NY)
                            Favorites: Kent State and Robert Morris

Christian Leach '11: Old Dominion and Towson
                           Note- Leach is transferring from National Christian Academy (MD) to Coolidge (DC).

Note- photo is of Akeem Richmond and is from http://scouthoops.scout.com/.