Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc.
Boys ~ February 2009 Edition
Illinois’ Wrapup Report For 2008-2009
The Top 100+ Seniors
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 12 | ||||
| Brandon Paul | 6-3 | Sr. | G | Gurnee Warren Twp. |
| Chris Colvin | 6-2 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Jack Cooley | 6-9 | Sr. | C-F | Glenview Glenbrook South |
| Joe Bertrand | 6-5 | Sr. | G | Sterling |
| Diamond Taylor | 6-3 | Sr. | PG | Bolingbrook |
| Matt Vogrich | 6-4 | Sr. | 2G | Lake Forest |
| Drew Crawford | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Naperville Central |
| Darius Smith | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Marshall |
| Nik Garcia | 6-4½ | Sr. | SM | Evanston |
| Cully Payne | 6-0½ | Sr. | PG | Schaumburg |
| Jordan Prosser | 6-8½ | Sr. | C-F | Eureka |
| Dyricus Edwards | 6-1½ | Sr. | PG | Washington |
| Top Sleeper | ||||
| John Taylor | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago North Lawndale |
| Second 12 | ||||
| David Brown | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Rockton Hononegah |
| Marcus Jordan | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Terrence Johnson | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago North Lawndale |
| James Kinney | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Champaign Centennial |
| D. J. Cooper | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | South Holland Seton Academy |
| Zeke Upshaw | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Chicago University |
| Jonathan Mills | 6-5½ | Sr. | F | Chicago North Lawndale |
| Anton Nixon | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | South Holland Seton Academy |
| Marcus Yarbrough | 6-7 | Sr. | C | Zion Zion-Benton |
| Seth Evans | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Seneca |
| Shaun Pratl | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Oak Lawn Richards |
| Delino Dear | 6-9 | Sr. | PF | Chicago Mt. Carmel |
| The Second 25 (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Mike Black | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Oak Park Fenwick |
| Stanford Brown | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Kyle Cain | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Harvey Thornton |
| Chris Eversly | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Chicago West Payton |
| Louis Green | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Westchester St. Joseph |
| Malcolm Griffin | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Hyde Park |
| Paris Gulley | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Peoria Manual |
| Eriq Harris | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Marshall |
| Xavier Humphrey | 6-4 | Sr. | WF | Oak Park Fenwick |
| Jelani Johnson | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Aurora Waubonsie Valley |
| Conrad Krutwig | 6-6 | Sr. | C-F | Algonquin Jacobs |
| Daniel Lopez | 6-9 | Sr. | C | South Elgin |
| Derrick Needham | 5-11½ | Sr. | PG | Chicago DeLaSalle |
| Aaron Nelson | 6-6½ | Sr. | PF | Chicago Heights Bloom Township |
| Colin Nickerson | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Waukegan |
| Tremell Owens | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Hillside Proviso West |
| Tyler Ponticelli | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Northbrook Glenbrook North |
| D'Mitri Riggs | 6-2 | Sr. | G | Bloomington |
| Luke Scarlata | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Berwyn Morton West |
| David Smith | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Lake Forest Academy |
| Troy Snyder | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Bolingbrook |
| Ron Steward | 5-10 | Sr. | PG | Zion Zion-Benton |
| Matt Sullivan | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Wilmette Loyola Academy |
| Lawrence Thomas | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Springfield Southeast |
| Eric Wilde | 6-5 | Sr. | 2G | Downers Grove South |
| Second Sleeper | ||||
| Jordan Walker | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Hales Franciscan |
| The Third 25 (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Anthony Ahlers | 6-7 | Sr. | F | Granville Putnam County |
| Byron Bailey | 6-4½ | Sr. | 2G | Metropolis Massac County |
| Cortney Bell | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Lincoln Park |
| Kevin Berandini | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Lake Forest |
| Eddie Bowling | 6-7 | Sr. | F-C | Rockford Auburn |
| William Brown | 6-3 | Sr. | WF | Aurora East |
| David Bryant | 6-4½ | Sr. | SM | Batavia |
| Kannon Burrage | 6-2 | Sr. | G | East Moline United Township |
| Robert Covington | 6-7 | Sr. | C | Hillside Proviso West |
| Eric Dortch | 6-4½ | Sr. | WF | Evanston |
| Kevin Fay | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Granville Putnam County |
| Andrew Galow | 6-4 | Sr. | 2G | Oswego East |
| Malcolm Herron | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Downers Grove South |
| Jeremy Jones | 6-2 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Simeon |
| Jacob Kissaw | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Monticello |
| Joe Lightfoot | 6-2 | Sr. | G | Kankakee |
| Caleb Long | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Mt. Zion |
| Kyler Market | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Villa Park Willowbrook |
| Lawrence Thomas | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Hoffman Estates |
| Conner Mooney | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Lake Zurich |
| Jeremy Safford | 6-7 | Sr. | F | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor |
| Shea Sumpter | 6-5½ | Sr. | PF | Park Forest Rich East |
| DeMarius Sumrell | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Bartonville Limestone |
| Nick Washburn | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Mahomet Mahomet-Seymour |
| Zebo Zebe | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Tolono Unity |
| Third Sleeper | ||||
| Zeke Schneider | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Metamora |
| The Fourth 25 (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Julian Bogan | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Kankakee |
| Mike DiGregorio | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Niles Notre Dame |
| Jonathan DeMoss | 6-4 | Sr. | 2G | St. Charles North |
| Erik Dornfeld | 6-6 | Sr. | PF | Geneseo |
| Franklin Griffin | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Cameron Hill | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Frankfort Lincoln-Way East |
| Jordan Kerley | 6-4 | Sr. | G | Rockford Jefferson |
| Colby Long | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Mt. Zion |
| Jimmy Martin | 6-2 | Sr. | G | Niles Notre Dame |
| Don McAvoy | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Mt. Carmel |
| Billy Molinari | 6-2½ | Sr. | 2G | Peoria Notre Dame |
| Tim Moran | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Algonquin Jacobs |
| Kendrick Morse | 5-7 | Sr. | PG | Richton Park Rich South |
| Blake Mueller | 6-5 | Sr. | 2G | Schaumburg |
| Kameron Norton | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Downers Grove North |
| Evan Okrzesik | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Oak Park Fenwick |
| Brandon Orange | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Simeon |
| Tyler Pierce | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Westmont |
| Derick Raridon | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Naperville Neuqua Valley |
| Travis Scott | 6-2 | Sr. | PF | Country Club Hillcrest |
| Kevin Senechalle | 6-7 | Sr. | F-C | Charles East |
| Chance Typer | 6-0 | Sr. | G | Sullivan |
| Darnell Van Vleet | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Rockford Auburn |
| Stephen Walker | 6-6 | Sr. | F-C | Crete Crete-Monee |
| Dahni Wilson | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Park Ridge Maine East |
| Fourth Sleeper | ||||
| Brandon Pullman | 6-6 | Sr. | SM | Rock Island |
Illinois’ Top Underclassmen For 2008-2009
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 12 | ||||
| Jereme Richmond | 6-7 | Jr. | WF | Waukegan |
| Mike Shaw | 6-8 | So. | PF | Chicago DeLaSalle |
| Crandall Head | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Crane |
| Lenzelle Smith | 6-3 | Jr. | SM | Zion Zion-Benton |
| Wayne Blackshear | 6-5 | So. | WF | Chicago Curie |
| Donovine Stewart | 6-0 | So. | PG | Bartonville Limestone |
| Meyers Leonard | 6-10 | Jr. | C | Robinson |
| LaVonte Dorrity | 6-1 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Foreman |
| Tracy Abrams | 6-1 | So. | G | Chicago Mt. Carmel |
| Anthony Johnson | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Eric Dragicevich | 6-6 | Jr. | SM | Northbrook Glenbrook North |
| Ben Brust | 6-2 | Jr. | 2G | Mundelein |
| Top Sleeper | ||||
| Chasson Randle | 6-2 | So. | G | Rock Island |
| Second 12 | ||||
| Reggie Smith | 6-0 | Jr. | G | Harvey Thornton |
| Philip Jackson | 6-8 | Jr. | C-F | Chicago Providence-St. Mel |
| Alex Rossi | 6-5 | Jr. | SM | Winnetka New Trier |
| Ahmad Starks | 5-9 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Whitney Young |
| Ryan Boatright | 5-10 | So. | PG | Aurora East |
| Mike McCall | 6-0½ | Jr. | PG | Chicago Foreman |
| Paul Bunch | 6-10 | Jr. | C | Chicago North Lawndale |
| Brandon Spearman | 6-3 | Jr. | SM | Chicago Simeon |
| DeAndre McCamey | 6-2 | Jr. | PG | Westchester St. Joseph |
| Fred Heldring | 6-10 | Jr. | C | Winnetka New Trier |
| Dwayne Evans | 6-5½ | Jr. | PF | Naperville Neuqua Valley |
| Isiah Jones | 6-1½ | Jr. | G | Mounds Meridian |
| Second Sleeper | ||||
| Jamie Crockett | 6-4 | So. | SM | Crete Crete-Monee |
PREPHOOPS Note: Rick Bolus player rankings are based on college potential and are not meant to be an indicator for awards such as Mr. Basketball. A player's college caliber could change over the season and these changes will be reflected in future rankings.
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