Rick Bolus' High Potential® Basketball Recruiting Service, Inc.
Boys ~ January 2012 Edition
Wrapup Report For 2011-2012
+ denotes new additions/updates
Illinois’ Top Seniors For 2011-2012
NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
Top 12 | ||||
Steve Taylor | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Chicago Simeon (Marquette) |
Fred Van Vleet | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Rockford Auburn (Wichita State) |
Jerron Wilbut | 6-2 | Sr. | PG | Downers Grove South |
Michael Orris | 6-2 | Sr. | PG | Crete Crete-Monee (Illinois) |
Keith Carter | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Maywood Proviso East (St. Louis) |
Marlon Johnson | 6-9 | Sr. | PF | Joliet West |
Rashaun Stimmage | 6-7 | Sr. | C | Chicago Farragut |
Aaron Simpson | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | North Chicago (Illinois State) |
Derrick Randolph | 5-7 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Hyde Park |
Akeem Springs | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Waukegan (Mississippi Valley State) |
Anthony Beane | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Normal (Illinois State) |
Donald Moore | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Heights Bloom |
Top Sleeper | ||||
Willie Wiley | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Springfield ?? |
Second 12 | ||||
Tim Williams | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor |
T.J. Bell | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Charleston (Indiana State) |
Charles Harris | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Lake Forest Academy (Western Michigan) |
Eddie Alcantara | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Hales Franciscan |
Darius Paul | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Gurnee Warren (Western Michigan) |
Conner Boehm | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Winnetka New Trier (Dartmouth) |
Denzel McCauley | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Rock Island |
Marcus Posley | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Rockford Auburn (Ball State) |
A.J. Avery | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Chicago St. Rita (Western Michigan) |
Delvon Rencher | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor |
Ka'Darryl Bell | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Oak Park River Forest (Bradley) |
Devante Jones | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Orr or Chicago North Lawndale |
The Second 25 (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
Austin Angel | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Winnetka New Trier |
Brian Bennett | 6-10 | Sr. | C | Plainfield East (Cal-Poly) |
Brett Bisping | 6-8 | Sr. | PF | Morton (Siena) |
Nathan Boothe | 6-6 | Sr. | PF | Gurnee Warren (Toledo) |
Travis Britt | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Rantoul |
Darrell Combs | 6-2 | Sr. | SM | South Holland Thornwood (Loyola-Chicago) |
Brad Foster | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | New Lenox Lincoln-Way Central (Lewis) |
Jordan Foster | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | South Holland Seton Academy |
+Cameron Harvey | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | St. Joseph St.Joseph-Ogden (Eastern Illinois) |
Tony Hicks | 6-1 | Sr. | PG | Chicago St. Rita (Penn) |
Malcolm Hill-Bey | 5-10 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Curie (UIC) |
Adrian Jeffries | 6-4 | Sr. | SM | Chicago Morgan Park |
+Reggie Johnson | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Westchester St. Joseph (Tennessee State) |
Mike LaTulip | 6-1 | Sr. | CG | Mt. Prospect Prospect (Illinois-walkon) |
Mike Marietti | 6-7 | Sr. | C-F | New Lenox Providence Catholic |
Jamal Millison | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Downers Grove South |
Jermaine Morgan | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Chicago Young (Colorado State) |
Jelani Neely | 5-11 | Sr. | PG | Chicago Simeon |
Will Nixon | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Plainfield South (Wayne State) |
Russell Robinson | 6-8 | Sr. | C-F | South Holland Seton Academy |
Jacoby Roddy | 6-5 | Sr. | PF | Peoria Manual (Wright State) |
John Schneider | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Barrington (Western Illinois) |
Gabe Snider | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Young (UIC) |
Juwan Starks | 6-4 | Sr. | WF | Aurora West |
Tanner Williams | 6-6 | Sr. | CF | Orion |
Second Sleeper | ||||
+Ronnell Buckner | 5-10 | Sr. | CG | Chicago Bogan |
The Third 25 (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
Jawad Adekoya | 6-4 | Sr. | WF | Tinley Park Andrews |
Malcolm Amos | 6-1 | Sr. | SM | Metropolis Massac Co. |
Timothy Anstett | 6-5 | Sr. | SM | Frankfort Lincoln-Way East |
Rocco Belcaster | 6-7 | Sr. | WF | Cicero Morton |
Brock Benson | 6-7 | Sr. | C-F | Darien Hinsdale |
Nate Brooks | 6-5 | Sr. | PF | Chicago Young (Chicago) |
Kory Brown | 6-3 | Sr. | SM | Elgin |
+Paris Burns | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Maywood Proviso East |
Treshaun Carroll | 6-6 | Sr. | PG | Maywood Proviso East |
Willie Connor | 6-4 | Sr. | WF | Chicago Crane |
Jared Dehm | 6-4 | Sr. | 2G | Peoria Richwoods |
Mike Fleming | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Lincolnshire Stevenson |
Daryn Foster | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Collinsville |
Jovaughn Gaines | 6-3 | Sr. | WF | Gurnee Warren |
Warren Jones | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Sandoval |
Matthew Mache | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Glen Ellyn Glebard West |
Michael Mache | 6-6 | Sr. | WF | Glen Ellyn Glebard West |
Kyle Nelson | 6-7 | Sr. | C-F | St. Charles North |
Andre Norris | 6-7 | Sr. | PF | Plainfield Central |
Raysean Parker | 6-2 | Sr. | SN | Aurora Metea Valley |
Edvinas Presniakovas | 6-2 | Sr. | 2G | Plainfield South |
Kaylen Shane | 6-8 | Sr. | C | Chicago Crane |
Jordan Smith | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Young (Chicago) |
Joshua White | 6-2 | Sr. | CG | Edwardsville |
Kiki White | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Peoria Manual |
Third Sleeper | ||||
+Milton Doyle | 6-4 | Sr. | CF | Chicago Marshall |
Best of the Rest Seniors (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
Antonio Bishop | 6-6 | Sr. | PF | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor |
+Keondre Brown | 6-1 | Sr. | CG | Plainfield East |
David Chatman | 6-3 | Sr. | WF | Cicero Morton |
Chris Davis | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Springfield Southeast |
Aaron Edwards | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Payson Payson-Seymour |
Landon Epperson | 6-1 | Sr. | 2G | Payson Payson-Seymour |
Landis Farmer | 5-9 | Sr. | PG | Peoria Manual |
Josh Fleming | 6-4 | Sr. | WF | Carol Stream Glenbard North |
Devin Foster | 6-3 | Sr. | 2G | Chicago Curie |
Joel Magrum | 6-5 | Sr. | PF | Frankfort Lincoln-Way East |
Matt Morrison | 6-4 | Sr. | CF | Elmhurst Timothy Christian |
Brian Oddo | 6-5 | Sr. | CF | New Lenox Providence Catholic |
Tyrone Sherman | 6-0 | Sr. | PG | Flossmoor Homewood-Flossmoor |
Austin Stewart | 6-5 | Sr. | WF | Normal West |
Jelani Yancy | 6-3 | Sr. | WF | Frankfort Lincoln-Way East |
Illinois’ Top Underclassmen For 2011-2012
NAME | HT | CLASS | POS | SCHOOL |
Top 12 | ||||
Jabari Parker | 6-7 | Jr. | WF | Chicago Simeon |
Jahil Okafor | 6-10 | So. | C | Chicago Young |
Kendrick Nunn | 6-2 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Simeon |
Thomas Hamilton | 6-8 | Jr. | C | Chicago Young |
Billy Garrett | 6-3 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Morgan Park (DePaul) |
Malcolm Hill | 6-4 | Jr. | 2G | Belleville East (Illinois) |
Kendall Stephens | 6-4 | Jr. | 2G | St. Charles East (Purdue) |
Jalen James | 6-3 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Hope Academy |
Cliff Alexander | 6-8 | So. | PF | Chicago Curie |
Alex Foster | 6-8 | Jr. | PF | Chicago De La Salle |
Sterling Brown | 6-4 | Jr. | WF | Maywood Proviso East |
Jaylon Tate | 6-1 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Simeon |
Top Sleeper | ||||
+Gavin Schilling | 6-8 | Jr. | C-F | Chicago DeLalle Institute |
Second 12 | ||||
Xzavier Taylor | 6-9 | Jr. | C | Chicago Morgan Park |
Larry Austin | 6-0 | So. | PG | Springfield Lanphier |
Moshawn Thomas | 6-8 | Jr. | C | Chicago Hyde Park |
David Cohn | 6-1 | Jr. | CG | Elmhurst York |
Jubril Adekoya | 6-5 | Jr. | PF | Tinley Park Andrews |
Quinten Payne | 6-4 | Jr. | SM | St. Charles North |
Milik Yarbrough | 6-4 | So. | SM | Zion Zion-Benton |
Nate Taphorn | 6-6 | Jr. | SM | Pekin |
Kyle Davis | 6-1 | Jr. | CG | Chicago Hyde Park |
Russell Woods | 6-8 | Jr. | PF | Chicago Leo |
Marquise Pryor | 6-6 | Jr. | PF | Chicago Orr (Loyola-Chicago) |
Morris Dunnigan | 6-1 | Jr. | PG | Joliet West |
The Second 25+ (Listed alphabetically) | ||||
Peyton Allen | 6-3 | So. | WF | Chatham Glenwood |
Jordan Ash | 6-0 | Fr. | 2G | Westchester St.Joseph |
Darius Austin | 6-5 | So. | SM | Cakohia |
Kieta Bates-Diop | 6-6 | So. | CF | Normal University |
Nick Czarnowski | 6-7 | So. | C-F | Naperville Central |
Jarrard Davis | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Uplift |
Lorenzo Dillard | 6-0 | Jr. | PG | Skokie Niles North |
Andrew Drone | 6-11 | Jr. | C | Ridgeway Gallatin Co. |
Amanze Egekeze | 6-5 | So. | WF | Huntley |
Alvin Ellis | 6-5 | Jr. | WF | Chicago De La Salle |
+Tyquane Greer | 6-5 | So. | CF | Chicago Orr |
Kain Harris | 6-2 | Fr. | SM | Chicago Morgan Park |
Terrence Jones | 5-11 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Hyde Park |
Robert Knar | 6-0 | Jr. | PG | Mundelein |
Matt Kruse | 6-8 | Jr. | C | Monticello |
Victor Law | 6-5 | So. | WF | Chicago St. Rita |
Keith Langston | 6-4 | Jr. | SM | Chicago Young |
Paris Lee | 5-11 | Jr. | 2G | Maywood Proviso East |
Eric Locke | 6-0 | So. | 2G | Chicago Brooks |
Andrew McAuliffe | 6-7 | Jr. | PF | Northbrook Glenbrook North (injured) |
Elliott McGaughy | 6-2 | Jr. | 2G | Oswego |
L.C. McIntosh | 6-2 | Jr. | 2G | Chicago Marist |
De Shawn Munson | 6-3 | Jr. | 2G | East St. Louis |
Sean O'Mara | 6-8 | So. | C | Lisle Benet Academy |
+A.J. Patty | 6-7 | Jr. | PF | Westchester St.Joseph |
Makur Puou | 6-9 | So. | C | Mooseheart (ineligible) |
Tyler Ulis | 5-7 | So. | PG | Chicago Marian Catholic |
Preston Wells | 6-0 | Jr. | PG | Peoria Richwoods |
Lance Whitaker | 6-3 | Jr. | CG | Bartlett |
Paul White | 6-8 | So. | PF | Chicago Young |
Markee Williams | 5-10 | Jr. | PG | Chicago Crane |
Second Sleeper | ||||
+Paul Turner | 6-4 | So. | SM | Westchester St. Joseph |
PREPHOOPS Note: These Rankings are provided by Rick Bolus who may be reached at bolus@insightbb.com. Rick Bolus player rankings are based on college potential and are a result of personal observations along with communications with the coaches. Since the rankings are based on college potential, they are not meant to be indicators for Mr. Basketball and other honors. 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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