Aurora West Forward to Quincy University

Tyler Thompson, a 6’5” forward from Aurora West High School, gave a verbal commitment to Quincy University last night.

Thompson, a three year varsity performer, played a very big role in the success of Aurora’s 2005-06 state tournament run.  He’s a strong forward that rebounds well and plays very hard.  He’s also very successful in the classroom.

Tyler is the eighth member of the Illinois Wolves’ 2008 team to commit to a collegiate program.

QU is a very respectable Division II institution.  Last season they picked up 6′5″ sharpshooter and Division I prospect Josh Edmonds of Peoria Notre Dame.

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6′10″ Trey McCorkle of Bismarck-Henning recently took a visit to IPFW.  During the visit, head coach Dane Fife offered a scholarship.

Anticipate 6′3″ Rich South sophomore Crandall Head to give a verbal commitment to University of Illinois Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.

6′5″ Homewood-Flossmoor senior Supo Sanni has opted to play football on the collegiate level instead of basketball.  He has verbally committed to Ron Zook and University of Illinois.

Billy Garrett has continued to hit the streets of Chicago hard as he picked up high major center Jawan Nelson.  The 6′10″ 245 lbs Bloom Township post verballed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last week. 

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Verdell Jones III recently picked up an offer from Oklahoma after Coach Capel visited a Champaign Central open gym.  The 6′5″ point guard has set a visit there for November 10th.  North Carolina and Texas have also increased their interest in Jones.

Southern Illinois-Edwardsville has picked up their level of interest in 6′5″ Champaign Central guard Donald Stewart.

5′9″ A.J. Rompza of Whitney Young has verbally committed to Central Florida.

Notre Dame has offered St. Joseph scorer Diamond Taylor.  This is the 6′2″ guard’s second Big East offer as Marquette has already extended a scholarship.  This past weekend Taylor visited the Fighting Irish alongside 2009 classmates Chris Colvin and Jordan Prosser.

Diamond to Stay

Contrary to our last entry we would like to correct our record and state that Diamond Taylor will remain at St. Joseph.  In speaking with Taylor he stated, “my parents thought about it and they decided it would be better for me to stay as far as keeping my reputation high and keeping colleges after me….so I’m staying.” 

We wish the best of luck to Diamond this season. 

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Standout 2009 guard, Diamond Taylor, will transfer from St. Joseph.  Taylor will be attending Bolingbrook.  Taylor is slated to attend Midnight Madness at Wisconsin. 

Jordan Prosser will be attending Midnight Madness at Indiana. 

Brandon Paul, DJ Richardson, and Anthony Johnson, are a few of the prospects who will be attending Midnight Madness at Illinois. 

Nik Garcia may also be at Illinois for Midnight Madness.  In speaking with him just last night he said, “I’ve recently been in contact with them and they told me they are very interested and want me to get on campus.  They said they are going to recruit me hard so if I go to a midnight madness it will be there’s.”

Iman Shumpert will be at Marquette for Midnight Madness. 

Josh Crittle will make a decision between Oregon and Minnesota about where he will play his collegiate ball. 

Verdell Jones III will be at Kentucky for Midnight Madness.

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6′5″ 175 lbs Verdell Jones III of Champaign Central has set official visits to Minnesota (November 3rd) and Kentucky (November 9th).

Hales Franciscan’s Josh Crittle will be taking his official visit to Minnesota this weekend.

Class of 2006 Thornridge standout, Billy Rush, is now at South Suburban C.C. in South Holland, Illinois.  The 6′7″ shooter recently took a visit to South Florida and was very impressed.  A commitment is expected to come soon.  As a high school senior, MSH rated Rush as the #12 player in his class and a high major guy.

6′3″ Decatur Eisenhower super sophomore Jarod Oldham is receiving interest from Baylor, Bradley, Illinois, and Indiana.

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Donovan Foster, a 5’10” point guard out of Chicago Curie, has verbally committed to Detroit of the Horizon League.  The senior quickster who competed with Mac Irvin’s Illinois Fire was also offered a scholarship by Eastern Illinois.

5’10” senior point guard Nick Morgan has transferred from Peoria Richwoods to Dunlap High School.

Former Bloomington H.S. and currently Vincennes JC star Dodie Dunson was recently visited by coaches from Indiana, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and South Florida.  In addition, the 6’3” point guard has received offers from a number of Division I programs including Charlotte, Duquesne, Fordham, and Rhode Island.

6’1” Lincoln Park guard Jeremy Montgomery recently visited Northern Illinois.  He is also strongly considering Kent State.

6’1” James Kinney of Champaign Centennial will be sidelined for a few weeks due to a foot injury sustained in an open gym at his high school this past week.