Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc.
Boys ~ December 2007 Edition
Illinois Preseason Positioner
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 12 | ||||
| Iman Shumpert | 6-4 | Sr. | CG | Oak Park River Forest (Georgia Tech) |
| Jereme Richmond | 6-6 | So. | WF | Waukegan (Illinois) |
| Michael Dunigan | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Chicago Farragut (Oregon) |
| Stan Simpson | 6-9 | Sr. | C-F | Chicago Leo (Illinois) |
| D.J. Richardson | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Peoria (Illinois) |
| Ryan Boatright | 5-10 | Fr. | PG | Aurora East Aurora (USC) |
| Chris Colvin | 6-2 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Marcus Jordan | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Brandon Paul | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Gurnee Warren (Illinois) |
| Matt Roth | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Washington (Indiana) |
| Brett Thompson | 6-11 | Sr. | C-F | Vienna (St. Louis) |
| Lewis Jackson | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Decatur Eisenhower (Purdue) |
| Top Player On The Rise | ||||
| Joe Bertrand | 6-3 | Jr. | PG | Sterling (Illinois) |
| Second 12 | ||||
| Nick Fruendt | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Batavia (Northwestern) |
| Josh Crittle | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | Chicago Hales Franciscan (Oregon) |
| Cully Payne | 6-1 | Jr. | PG | Schaumburg (DePaul) |
| Verdell Jones | 6-4 | Sr. | PG | Champaign Central |
| Michael Haynes | 6-6 | Jr. | F | Chicago Washington |
| Darius Smith | 6-2 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Marshall |
| Matt Humphrey | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Hales Franciscan (Oregon) |
| John Shurna | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | Glen Ellyn Glenbard West (Northwestern) |
| Kevin Dillard | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor (Southern IL) |
| Carl Richard | 6-5 | Sr. | CF | Oak Lawn Richards (Indiana State) |
| Ryan Hare | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Marshall (Oregon state) |
| Luke Fabrizius | 6-8 | Sr. | F-C | Arlington Hts. Hersey (Dayton) |
| The Next 25 Best (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
| Daniel Barnes | 6-2 | Sr. | CG | Oak Park River Forest (Eastern Michigan) |
| Brian Bradley | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Lockport |
| Brian Conway | 6-3 | Jr. | SM | Chicago Heights Bloom Twp. |
| Mike Dinunno | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Von Steuben (Northern Illinois) |
| Dion Dixon | 6-3 | Sr. | CG | Chicago Crane |
| Donovan Foster | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Curie (Detroit-Mercy) |
| Nik Garcia | 6-6 | Jr. | 2G | Skokie Niles West |
| Xavier Humphrey | 6-3 | Jr. | SM | Oak Park Fenvick |
| Kamil Janton | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Bartlett (Eastern Michigan) |
| Isiah Jones | 6-1 | So. | CG | Mounds Meridian |
| DeAndre McCamey | 6-1 | So. | PG | Westchester St. Joseph |
| Jeremy Montgomery | 6-2 | Sr. | CG | Chicago Lincoln Park |
| Jawann Nelson | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Chicago Hts. Bloom Tvp. (Texas A&M-C.C.) |
| John Moran | 6-1 | Sr. | CG | Algonquin Jacobs,(Northern Iowa) |
| Chris Parrish | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Riverside Brookfield (Southern Illinois) |
| Jordan Prosser | 6-6½ | Jr. | C-F | Eureka |
| D'Mitri Riggs | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Bloomington |
| Alex Rossi | 6-6 | So. | 2G | Winnetka New Trier |
| Jeremy Robinson | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | Decatur Eisenhower (Illinois State) |
| A.J. Rompza | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Whitney Young (Central Florida) |
| Mike Shaw | 6-6 | Fr. | CF | Chicago DeLaSalle Institute |
| Keyon Smith | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Simeon (Illinois State) |
| Tyler Storm | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Geneseo (Northern Illinois) |
| Diamond Taylor | 6-2 | Jr. | PG | Westchester St. Joseph |
| Marcus Yarbrough | 6-7 | Jr. | C | Zion Zion-Benton |
| Additional Illinois Signees of Note (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| John Bagge | 6-8 | Sr. | CF | Wheaton North (Hillsdale) |
| Rob Belcore | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Wilmette Loyola Academy (Penn) |
| Peter Boehm | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Winnetka New Trier (Harvard) |
| Brian Hall | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Whitney Young (Northern Illinois) |
| Jake Lindfors | 6-9 | Sr. | F-C | Addison Driscoll (Albany) |
| Chris McClellan | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Wheeling (Lewis) |
| +Zavion Neely | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Hope (lllinois-Chicago) |
| Kevin Stineman | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Lincolnshire Stevenson (SIU-Edwardsville) |
| Tyler Thompson | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Aurora West Aurora (Quincy) |
| Matt Toth | 6-8 | Sr. | F-C | Orland Park Carl Sandburg (Lewis) |
| +Steve Walker | 6-6 | Jr. | WF | Chicago Simeon (Northern Illinois) |
+ denotes first time listed in 2007-08 newsletters
PREPHOOPS Note: Rick Bolus player rankings are based on college potential and players can move up or down in rankings over a period of time.
Player Rankings are provided by Rick Bolus bolus@insightbb.com
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