Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc.
Boys ~ November 2008 Edition
Introducing Ohio’s Top Seniors For 2008-2009
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 12 | ||||
| Bobby Capobianco | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Loveland |
| Desmar Jackson | 6-4 | Sr. | G | Warren Harding |
| Garrick Sherman | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Kenton |
| Bill Edwards | 6-5˝ | Sr. | W | Middletown |
| Carl Jones | 5-10 | Sr. | PG | Garfield Heights |
| Danny McElroy | 6-7 | Sr. | F | Cincinnati LaSalle |
| Matt Kavanaugh | 6-9 | Sr. | F-C | Centerville |
| 4Reggie Keely | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | Bedford |
| 5Randal Holt | 6-0 | Sr. | G | Bedford |
| Nathan Davis | 6-4 | Sr. | F | Dayton Stivers |
| Allen Roberts | 6-3˝ | Sr. | PG | Middletown |
| Jonathon Smith | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Grove City |
| Top Sleeper | ||||
| Luke Krauss | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Findlay |
| Second 12 | ||||
| Orlando Williams | 6-3 | Sr. | G | Cincinnati Princeton |
| Aaron Robinson | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Trotwood Trotwood-Madison |
| Shaun Joplin | 6-3 | Sr. | G | Sylvania Southview |
| Dane Kopp | 6-9 | Sr. | C-F | Newark |
| Jared Porrini | 6-3 | Sr. | G | Canton Timken |
| Drew McGhee | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | North Ridgeville |
| Marquis Horne | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Cincinnati Princeton |
| Darren Goodson | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Cincinnati Aiken |
| 6Cortez Howell | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Cincinnati Aiken |
| Robert Johnson | 6-7 | Sr. | F | Bedford |
| Sheldon Brogdon | 5-11 | Sr. | 2G | Warren Harding |
| Stefon Johnson | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Cincinnati Princeton |
| Second Sleeper | ||||
| Jamel Harris | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Euclid |
| The Next Best Grouping of Seniors (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Bryce Barnes | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Grove City Central Crossing |
| Brad Bamberger | 6-3˝ | Sr. | G | Kettering Fairmont |
| Zach Brown | 6-2 | Sr. | G | Mason |
| P. J. Cunningham | 6-10 | Sr. | C | Waterford |
| Dontaviyon Fleming | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Fremont Ross |
| Marcus Fowler | 6-11 | Sr. | C | Newton Falls |
| 7Chris Freeman | 6-9 | Sr. | C | Trotwood Trotwood-Madison |
| Daylon Harrison | 6-7 | Sr. | SM | Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary |
| Tim Hausfeld | 5-7 | Sr. | PG | Sylvania Southview |
| Dan Heidenreich | 6-7 | Sr. | F | Madison |
| Steve Hull | 6-0˝ | Sr. | G | Cincinnati Sycamore |
| C. J. McCollum | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Canton Glen Oak |
| Tony Peters | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Middletown |
| Joshua Reid | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Cincinnati Withrow |
| Ryan Siggins | 6-5 | Sr. | F | Kettering Alter |
| Tim Simmons | 6-7 | Sr. | G | Toledo St. John's |
| Jack Smith | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Cincinnati Hughes Center |
| LaQuan Smith | 6-5 | Sr. | F | Akron Kenmore |
| Mike Taylor | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Toledo St. John's |
| Blake Vedder | 6-10 | Sr. | C | Chesterland West Geauga |
| Anthony Wells | 5-11 | Sr. | G | Cleveland Shaker Heights |
| Sir Christian Williams | 6-4 | Sr. | PG | Cleveland Heights |
| Brian Wozniak | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Loveland |
| The Next Best Grouping of Seniors (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Evan Betts | 6-5 | Sr. | F | Pickerington Central |
| E. Brindle | 6-1 | Sr. | G | Pickerington North |
| Alex Coleman | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Columbus Eastmoor Academy |
| Javon Cornley | 6-5 | Sr. | PF | Columbus Northland |
| Cody Dennison | 5-10 | Sr. | PG | Newark |
| 8Tanner Fusno | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Columbus Whetstone |
| DeLonta Heard | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Toledo Rogers |
| Nikko Johnson | 6-4 | Sr. | F | West Milton |
| Tiondre Johnson | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Akron Buchtel |
| Lamar Mallory | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Huber Heights Wayne |
| Ontwon Primus | 6-0 | Sr. | G | Cincinnati Taft |
| 1Jordan Smith | 6-0 | Sr. | G | Cincinnati Aiken |
| 9Ladell Trotty | 6-4 | Sr. | F | Bedford |
| Joe Vidovic | 6-6 | Sr. | F | Willoughby South |
| Travis Williams | 5-10 | Sr. | G | Waynesville |
| Best of the Rest Seniors (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Kyle Baker | 6-2 | Sr. | Ada | |
| Devin Bartlett | 5-9 | Sr. | Miamisburg Dayton Christian | |
| Brock Bates | 6-8 | Sr. | Metamora Evergreen | |
| Josh Bibler | 6-5 | Sr. | Lorain Admiral King | |
| 2Darion Brandon | 6-5 | Sr. | Dayton Dunbar | |
| Clinton Brewer | 6-1 | Sr. | Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph | |
| Cortney Brooks | 6-7 | Sr. | Akron North | |
| Roy Brown | 6-3 | Sr. | Garfield Heights | |
| Zach Burks | 6-3 | Sr. | Springfield South | |
| Nate Cadogan | 6-6 | Sr. | Portsmouth | |
| Mike Cashen | 6-9 | Sr. | Independence | |
| Maurice Catney | 6-1 | Sr. | Cleveland Glenville | |
| Josh Clayton | 6-7 | Sr. | Oxford Talawanda | |
| Keene Cockburn | 6-5 | Sr. | North Ridgeville | |
| Jordan Crawford | 5-6 | Sr. | Cincinnati LaSalle | |
| Aaron Deister | 5-11 | Sr. | Miamisburg Dayton Christian | |
| 2Ryne Drakes | 6-1 | Sr. | Dayton Chaminade-Julienne | |
| Eric Easley | 5-7 | Sr. | Worthington | |
| Alex Falk | 6-2 | Sr. | Upper Sandusky | |
| Steve Fannin | 6-6 | Sr. | West Carrollton | |
| Randy Greenwood | 5-11 | Sr. | Mentor Lake Catholic | |
| Brandon Hamm | 5-10 | Sr. | Toledo Libbey | |
| Nathaniel Holloway | 6-7 | Sr. | Trotwood Trotwood-Madison | |
| Jerod Hood | 6-8 | Sr. | Columbus Upper Arlington | |
| 10Justin Jamison | 6-8 | Sr. | Cleveland Benedictine | |
| D. D. Joiner | 6-2 | Sr. | Groveport Madison | |
| James Jones | 5-10 | Sr. | Cincinnati Finneytown | |
| Chris Kimbro | 5-10 | Sr. | Lorain Admiral King | |
| Caleb Knight | 6-1 | Sr. | Chillicothe | |
| Lamar McKnight | 6-5 | Sr. | Bedford Chanel | |
| Tyler Morgan | 6-5 | Sr. | Mt. Orab Western Brown | |
| J. J. Richardson | 6-6 | Sr. | Troy | |
| Luke Roesch | 6-6 | Sr. | Lancaster Fisher Catholic | |
| Austin Smith | 6-4 | Sr. | Bucyrus Colonel Crawford | |
| Stephon Seton | 6-6 | Sr. | Rocky River Lutheran West | |
| Ben Severens | 6-1 | Sr. | Mt. Vernon | |
| Tyler Tucci | 6-2 | Sr. | Malvern | |
| Issiah Twine | 6-0 | Sr. | Marion Harding | |
| Rahlin Watson | 6-2 | Sr. | Newark | |
| Anthony Williams | 6-6 | Sr. | Portsmouth | |
| Chris Williams | 6-0 | Sr. | Cincinnati Winton Woods | |
PREPHOOPS Note: Rick Bolus player rankings are based on college potential and not meant to be an indicator for awards such as Mr. Basketball. A player's college caliber could change over the season and players can move up or down in rankings over a period of time.
Introducing Ohio’s Top Underclassmen For 2008-2009
| NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
| Top 6 | ||||
| Jared Sullinger | 6-9 | Jr. | PF | Columbus Northland |
| Adreian Payne | 6-9 | Jr. | C | Dayton Jefferson |
| Cameron Wright | 6-3 | Jr. | G | Cleveland Benedictine |
| Allen Payne | 6-6 | Jr. | SM | Cincihnati Winton Woods |
| Chane Behanon | 6-7 | So. | F | Cincinnati Aiken |
| Stevie Taylor | 5-9 | So. | PG | Gahanna Lincoln |
| Top Sleeper | ||||
| A. J. Pacher | 6-8 | Jr. | F-C | Vandalia Butler |
| Second 6 | ||||
| Juwan Staten | 5-10 | Jr. | PG | Dayton Thurgood Marshall |
| Nick Kellogg | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Columbus DeSales |
| Storm Stanley | 6-9˝ | Jr. | C | Toledo St. Francis DeSales |
| Jevon Clark | 6-0 | So. | G | Canton Timken |
| Cheatham Norrils | 5-11 | So. | PG | Toledo St. John's |
| Paul Honigford | 6-7 | So. | C | Sugarcreek Garaway |
| Second Sleeper | ||||
| Storm Sanders | 5-11 | Jr. | PG | Canton Glenoak |
| The Next Best Grouping of Underclassmen (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Aaron Ashley | 6-4 | Jr. | W | Cleveland Heights |
| Jordan Berlin | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Wilmington |
| Trey Burke | 5-10 | So. | PG | Columbus Northland |
| Barry Cobb | 5-11 | Jr. | G | Cincinnati North College Hill |
| Aaron Craft | 6-0 | Jr. | PG | Findlay Liberty Benton |
| Markus Crider | 6-5 | So. | SM | Huber Heights Wayne |
| Justin Dassylva | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Utica |
| Nyles Evans | 5-9 | So. | PG | North Canton Hoover |
| Tyler Ferrell | 6-6 | Jr. | PF | Brunswick |
| Michael Green | 6-6˝ | Jr. | F | Dublin Coffman |
| Anthony Henderson | 6-1˝ | Jr. | G | Toledo Start |
| Jordan Hicks | 6-2 | Jr. | G | West Chester Lakota West |
| Ralph Hill | 6-6 | Jr. | WF | Westerville North |
| Anton Hutchins | 6-3 | Jr. | SM | Lima Senior |
| Traevon Jackson | 6-2 | So. | 2G | Westerville South |
| Kenny Knight | 6-5 | Jr. | PF | Cincinnati Northwest |
| D. J. Martinez | 6-6 | Jr. | F | Troy |
| Jamon McClain | 5-10 | Jr. | PG | Canton McKinley |
| Griffin McKenzie | 6-8 | Jr. | F-C | Cincinnati Moeller |
| Kyle Molock | 6-2 | Fr. | PG | Dublin Coffman |
| Jordan Sibert | 6-3 | Jr. | G | Cincinnati Princeton |
| Jay Springs | 5-11 | Jr. | G | Toledo St. John's |
| Brook Turson | 6-3 | Jr. | G | Plymouth |
| J. D. Witherspoon | 6-6 | Jr. | F | Columbus Northland |
| The Next Best Grouping of Underclassmen (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Blake Barnes | 6-1 | So. | G | Grove City Central Crossing |
| Steve Bridgeman | 6-5 | So. | PF | Lancaster |
| Nathan Copley | 6-1 | So. | G | Chesapeake |
| Ken DeBoer | 6-5 | Jr. | SM | Westerville North |
| Greg Gainey | 6-4 | Jr. | F | Trotwood Trotwood-Madison |
| Chris Heine | 6-1 | So. | G | Dublin Coffman |
| Nick McCoy | 6-0 | Jr. | PG | Cincinnati Aiken |
| Ryan Newsome | 6-2 | Jr. | G | Yellow Springs |
| Duwan Thomas | 6-1 | Jr. | G | Trotwood Trotwood-Madison |
| Doug Thorpe | 5-10 | Jr. | PG | Columbus Eastmoor Academy |
| Travis Trice | 5-10 | So. | PG | Huber Heights Wayne |
| Alex Welch | 6-4 | Jr. | F | Cincinnati Elder |
| Best of the Rest Underclassmen (Listed mostly alphabetically) | ||||
| Courtney Avery | 5-11 | Jr. | Lexington | |
| Ryan Bass | 5-9 | Jr. | Dayton Chaminade-Julienne | |
| John Bibbs | 6-3 | Jr. | Dayton Chaminade-Julienne | |
| Andy Borcherdt | 6-0 | Jr. | Sylvania Southview | |
| Wes Carlson | 6-7 | Jr. | Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | |
| Josh Egner | 6-5 | Jr. | Masillon Jackson | |
| Miles Fitten | 6-0 | Jr. | Cleveland Shaker Heights | |
| Kevin Gray | 5-10 | Jr. | Reynoldsburg | |
| Mark Henninger | 6-6 | Jr. | Masillon Jackson | |
| Derrick Jackson | 5-9 | Jr. | Cleveland Benedictine | |
| Ricky Johnson | 5-9 | So. | Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary | |
| Tim Kochendoerfer | 6-3 | Jr. | Ironton | |
| Eric Lefeld | 6-7 | Jr. | Coldwater | |
| Jared Miller | 5-10 | Jr. | Pickerington Central | |
| Curtis Moore | 6-8 | Jr. | Loveland Central Catholic | |
| Jacob North | 6-1 | Jr. | Barberton | |
| Derrick Orr | 6-5 | Jr. | Smithville | |
| Zach Price | 6-9 | Jr. | Lakewood St. Edward | |
| Gene Primus | 6-0 | Jr. | Cincinnati Northwest | |
| Rakim Reed | 6-5 | So. | Canton Timken | |
| Quenten Rollins | 5-9 | Jr. | Wilmington | |
| Craig Sealy | 6-5 | Jr. | Columbus Brookhaven | |
| Cody Smith | 5-10 | Jr. | Lima Shawnee | |
| Deon Stewart | 6-3 | Jr. | Dayton Dunbar | |
| Matt Stuckenburg | 6-2 | So. | Beavercreek | |
| Nate Tait | 5-10 | Jr. | Lyndhurst Brush | |
| Tommy Waginger | 6-0 | So. | Ironton | |
| Liam Walsh | 6-5 | Sr. | Chesterland West Geauga | |
December Newsletter Update:
| Additional Ohio Newcomers | ||||
| Andrew Bendolph | 5-11 | So. | PG | Portsmouth |
| Darian Cartharn | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Canal Winchester |
| Ethan Michael | 6-7 | Sr. | WF | Toledo Christian |
| Brad Piehl | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | New Knoxville |
| Devin Russell | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Toledo Start |
| Anthony Strothers | 6-4 | So. | SM | Middletown |
| Kirby Wright | 6-8 | So. | PF | Middletown |
| Eric Weisenbach | 6-8 | Fr. | C | Dublin Coffman |
January 2009 Newsletter Update:
| Additional Ohio Newcomer | ||||
| Cameron Black | 6-9 | Jr. | F-C | Kent Roosevelt |
| Additional Ohio Players Whose Stock Has Risen (first time in newsletter) | ||||
| Deverin Muff | 6-7 | Jr. | Strongsville | |
| Joe Prati | 6-8 | Sr. | Zanesville | |
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March 2009 Newsletter Update:
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1Jordan Smith relocates to Cincinnati Winton Woods |
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2Darion Brandon is now at Trotwood Trotwood-Madison |
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3Ryne Drakes relocates to Dayton Meadowdale |
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4Reggie Keely relocates to Cleveland Heights |
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5Randal Holt is now at Cleveland Glenville |
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6Cortez Howell moves to Lockland |
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7Chris Freeman didn't play this year due to football |
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8It's Tanner Furno |
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9Ladell Trotty was not listed on the Bedford roster |
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10Justin Jamison transferred to Strongsville |
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PREPHOOPS Note: Rick Bolus player rankings are based on college potential and not meant to be an indicator for awards such as Mr. Basketball. A player's college caliber could change over the season 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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