Harley Williamson ’09, Lower Merion (PA): St. Francis (PA), NJIT, Yale, Princeton, New Hampshire, and West Chester (DII)
                                            Offers: NJIT
                                            Favorites: None
                                            Notes- Williamson, who said he is “just waiting it out right now,” told me he is looking for a “respected school [where he] can contribute.” The senior added that he “might do a year of prep school,” but does not know where yet.

Lorenzo Christmas ’09, Norristown (PA): East Stroudsburg (DII), Norfolk State, and Hampton
                                             Offers: East Stroudsburg
                                             Favorite: “Hampton is my favorite.”
                                             Note- Christmas said he is looking for a “good athletic program [with] good facilities.” He added, “[I want to go] somewhere where I can see myself going.”

CJ Aiken ’10, Plymouth-Whitemarsh (PA): Syracuse, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, St. Joseph’s, La Salle, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Xavier, and Penn State
                         Offers: Syracuse, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, St. Joseph’s, La Salle, Clemson, Virginia Tech, and Xavier
                         Favorites: None
                         Note- Amongst other things, Aiken said he is looking for “playing time” and a “good education” when making his college choice.

Jonathan Frye ’10, Northern Guilford (NC): Richmond, William & Mary, Davidson, Appalachian State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Commonwealth, and Wake Forest
                                     Offers: William & Mary and Appalachian State
                                     Favorites: None; “No, not really right now. [I am] just trying to keep all my options and see what happens.”
                                     Note- Frye, who said his “weighted [GPA is] like a 4.5,” said, “One of my main interests [in picking a school] is the academic part of it, getting the best between both [basketball and academics] of them.”

Jack O’Neill ’10, North Catholic (PA): Arizona State, Temple, St. Joseph’s, Rider, and Penn State
                             Offers: None
                             Favorite: “I like Arizona State.”
                             Note- “I want a good basketball team, [and] I want to go to a school . . . [with] a big campus . . . [and good] academics,” said O’Neill when I asked him what he is looking for in a school. Jack said he has a GPA of “3.4”.  

Dante Devine ’10, Pennsbury (PA): West Virginia, Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland, Temple, Villanova, and Pitt (list is for football; Devine is a running back)
                                    Offers: None; “No, not yet.”
                                    Favorite: “I’ve been talking to Pitt a lot lately. . . . They’re number one for me.”
                                    Note- Devine said that he is not receiving any interest to play college basketball, and is not interested in playing basketball at the next level.

Duffy Barrett ’10, Holy Ghost Prep (PA): Middlebury (DIII), Columbia, Army, Hartford, and Keystone (DIII)
                                    Offers: None
                                    Favorites: None; “Nothing in particular right now. . . . [I just want to] keep my options [and] see what happens.”

Jacob Lawson ’11, Northern Guilford (NC): Florida State, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Appalachian State, and Kentucky
                                    Offers: Florida State, Wake Forest, and Appalachian State
                                    Favorite: “I like Florida State.”
                                    Note- Lawson said that there are “a lot more” schools recruiting him, but that he just couldn’t “think of them” when we were talking.

Jaylen Bond ’11, Plymouth-Whitemarsh (PA): Virginia, Temple, St. Joseph’s, La Salle, Florida State, and Florida
                                  Offers: Virginia, Temple, St. Joseph’s, and La Salle
                                  Favorite: Virginia
                                  Note- When picking a school, Bond is going to look at “the way they [are] going to play [him],” as well as “the way they recruit other people . . . [and the] academics.”

Steele Davis ’11, Our Savior New American (NY): Florida, Memphis, USC, Miami, DePaul, Georgetown, Syracuse, and Baylor
                                  Offers: Florida, USC, Miami, DePaul, and Georgetown
                                  Favorites: None; “No, not right now.”
                                  Note- Davis said that he is looking for “immediate playing time” when making a college decision.

Lamon Church ’11, Malvern Prep (PA): St. Joseph’s, Seton Hall, and Oregon State
                                      Offers: St. Joseph’s and Seton Hall
                                      Favorites: None
                                      None- Church said the following when I asked him what he is looking for in a school: “[Someplace] kind of big, [but] not too big [with a] good atmosphere, [where I can get a] good education, [and] somewhere where I can have fun, just that.”