Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc.
Boys ~ December 2008 Edition
Including January-February 2009 Updates
Illinois Preseason Positioner
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 12 | ||||
| Brandon Paul | 6-3 | Sr | CG | Gurnee Warren Twp. (Illinois) |
| Jereme Richmond | 6-7 | Jr | WF | Waukegan (Illinois) |
| Mike Shaw | 6-8 | So | PF | Chicago DeLaSalle Institute |
| Chris Colvin | 6-2 | Sr | PG | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Diamond Taylor | 6-3 | Sr | CG | Bolingbrook (Wisconsin) |
| Joe Bertrand | 6-5 | Sr | CG | Sterling (Illinois) |
| Crandall Head | 6-3 | Jr | 2G | Chicago Crane (Illinois) |
| Donovine Stewart | 6-0 | So | PG | Bartonville Limestone |
| Lenzelle Smith | 6-3 | Jr | SM | Zion Zion-Benton (Ohio State) |
| Anthony Johnson | 6-3½ | Jr | 2G | Chicago Whitney Young (Purdue) |
| Meyers Leonard | 6-10 | Jr | C | Robinson (Illinois) |
| Jack Cooley | 6-9 | Sr | C-F | Glenview Glenbrook South (Notre Dame) |
| Top Player On The Rise | ||||
| +Angus Brandt | 6-9 | Sr | F-C | Lake Forest Academy |
| Second 12 | ||||
| Wayne Blackshear | 6-5 | So | WF | Chicago Curie |
| Marcus Jordan | 6-3 | Sr | 2G | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Matt Vogrich | 6-4 | Sr | 2G | Lake Forest (Michigan) |
| Jordan Prosser | 6-8½ | Sr | C-F | Eureka (Bradley) |
| Nik Garcia | 6-4 | Sr | SM | Evanston |
| Darius Smith | 6-2 | Sr | PG | Chicago Marshall |
| Cully Payne | 6-0 | Sr | PG | Schaumburg (Alabama) |
| Drew Crawford | 6-5 | Sr | SM | Naperville Central (Northwestern) |
| 2Eric Dragicevich | 6-6 | Jr | SM | Northbrook Glenbrook North |
| Alexi Rossi | 6-5 | Jr | SM | Winnetka New Trier |
| Ryan Boatright | 5-10 | So | PG | Aurora East |
| Brandon Spearman | 6-3 | Jr | WF | Chicago Simeon |
| Second Player On The Rise | ||||
| +Michael Haynes | 6-6 | Sr | PF | Chicago Fenger |
| The Next 25 Best (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
| David Brown | 6-3 | Sr | 2G | Rockton Hononegah (Western Michigan) |
| Stanford Brown | 6-7 | Sr | PF | Chicago Whitney Young (Lamar) |
| Ben Brust | 6-2 | Jr | 2G | Mundelein |
| Paul Bunch | 6-9½ | Jr | C | Chicago North Lawndale |
| 3Brian Conway | 6-3 | Sr | SM | Chicago Hts. Bloom Twp. (Northern Iowa) |
| D.J. Cooper | 5-9 | Sr | PG | South Holland Seton Academy (Ohio U) |
| Davaris Daniels | 6-2 | So | 2G | Vernon Hills |
| Lavonte Dority | 6-0 | Jr | PG | Chicago Foreman |
| Antonio Drummond | 5-10 | Fr | PG | Peoria Central |
| Dyricus Edwards | 6-1½ | Sr | PG | Washington |
| Seth Evans | 6-0 | Sr | PG | Seneca (Wisconsin-Green Bay) |
| 1Terrence Johnson | 6-0 | Sr | PG | Chicago St. Rita (Illinois State) |
| Isiah Jones | 6-1 | Jr | CG | Mounds Meridian |
| Mike McCall | 6-0½ | Jr | PG | Chicago Foreman |
| Deandre McCamey | 6-1 | Jr | PG | Westchester St. Joseph |
| Jonathan Mills | 6-5 | Sr | CF | Chicago North Lawndale |
| Colin Nickerson | 6-3 | Sr | 2G | Waukegan (Fairfield) |
| Anton Nixon | 6-5 | Sr | WF | South Holland Seton Acad. (Northern Illinois) |
| Shaun Pratt | 6-7 | Sr | PF | Oak Lawn Richards (Eastern Illinois) |
| D'Mitri Riggs | 6-2 | Sr | CG | Bloomington |
| Luke Scarlata | 6-7 | Sr | PF | Berwyn Morton West |
| Reggie Smith | 6-0 | Jr | CG | Harvey Thornton |
| Ahmad Starks | 5-8 | Jr | PG | Chicago Whitney Young (Oregon State) |
| Zeke Upshaw | 6-5 | Sr | SM | Chicago University Lab (Illinois State) |
| Marcus Yarbrough | 6-7 | Sr | C | Zion Zion-Benton (Tennessee State) |
| Other Signees of Note (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
| +Mike Black | 6-0 | Sr | PG | Oak Park Fenwick (North Florida) |
| Chris Eversley | 6-5 | Sr | WF | Chicago Walter Payton (Rice) |
| Louis Green | 6-8 | Sr | C | Westchester St. Joseph (Illinois-Chicago) |
| James Kinney | 6-0 | Sr | PG | Champaign Centennial (Ohio U) |
| Conrad Krutwig | 6-6 | Sr | C-F | Algonquin Jacobs (South Dakota) |
| +Dani Lopez | 6-9 | Sr | C | South Elgin (Sacramento State) |
| Derrick Needham | 5-1l½ | Sr | PG | Chicago DeLaSalle (Fairfield) |
| David Smith | 6-3 | Sr | 2G | Lake Forest Academy (Drake) |
| Troy Snyder | 6-5 | Sr | WF | Bolingbrook (Wisconsin-GreenBay) |
| 4Stephen Walker | 6-5 | Sr | PF | Crete Crete-Monee (Northern Illinois) |
| +Nick Washburn | 6-8 | Sr | PF | Mahomet Mahomet-Seymour (Hillsdale) |
| Eric Wilde | 6-5 | Sr | 2G | Downers Grove South (Army) |
+ denotes first time listed in 2008-09 newsletters
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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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