Gary Trent Jr. Sets Four Official Visits
Trent Jr. recently cut his list to include those four schools plus Kentucky.
"In no order I'm down to: Arizona, Duke, Michigan State, UCLA and Kentucky," he wrote on his recent USA Today blog. "I have four of the visits locked down and I have to plan one more then I'll release all those dates.
"I'm definitely looking forward to those visits!
"I want to see the campus life, talk to the coaches about what they can do for my life, hangout with the team and things like that. I just want to see everything firsthand basically."
Trent Jr. opted to transfer to Prolific Prep from Findlay Prep (NV) before the season.
"I was texting with Josh Jackson before I went out to Prolific Prep because that's his old school and I knew he'd keep it real with me," he wrote. "He had nothing but positive things to say about it and everything he said was true.
"We're gonna be strong; we've got a great point guard in Paul Scruggs, he's in the top 30 of the 2017 class. Then we've got another player who's not in the top 100 but should be, his name is Abu Kigab. He played on the Canadian U18 National team in Chile this summer. He's a great player that does all the little things that most players don't want to do.
"We got another couple big men and a young point guard who's really smart so I'm really looking forward to the season. I feel like we're gonna win a lot of games."
Prolific Prep coach Billy McKnight told me:
"Paul, fits the mold perfectly for the type of guard we look to bring in at Prolific Prep," he said. "He's a high assist to turnover player whose unselfish play and scoring ability makes everyone around him better. He's been blessed with great size for a point guard standing 6-3 with a 6-10.5 wingspan. We couldn't be happier to have him here to add to our already incredibly competitive practices."
Just last month...
By Jason Jordan, USA TODAY High School Sports August 28, 2016 | Article Link
Just weeks after losing its head coach, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) lost its best player, new transfer Gary Trent Jr.
The 6-foot-6 shooting guard announced via Twitter that he would be leaving the Pilots to attend Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.).
With changes @findlayprepbbal, my family + I have decided to attend @ProlificPrep after being floored by program. Serious players must look
“I’m excited,” Trent told USA TODAY High School Sports. “We have some great pieces. Can’t wait to fit them together.”
This summer, Trent, who is ranked No. 8 overall in the ESPN 100, led Howard Pulley (Minn.) to a dominant 16-2 record in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League regular season. He finished third in scoring (22.2 ppg.).
In two years at Apple Valley (Minn.), where he played before announcing his initial transfer to Findlay Prep, Trent led the Eagles to a 60-4 record and won a state title in 2015.
Last season, Trent averaged 26 points per game and led the Eagles to the state semis.
Coach Andy Johnson left Findlay to join former Findlay head coach Todd Simon’s staff at Southern Utah. Paul Washington Sr., father of five-star forward P.J. Washington, was named head coach.
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