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Jabari Parker is Mr. Basketball

Published by Source on March 25th, 2012

For the first time in the award’s thirty-two year history, the Illinois Mr. Basketball honor is going to a high school junior: Simeon Career Academy’s Jabari Parker. Rated as the #2 overall prospect in the 2013 class by Rivals, Parker has emerged as a national star and one of the most highly sought-after prospects in the nation. In what was somewhat of a down year in Illinois (in terms of nationally recognized high school players), Parker was dominate and helped lead his stacked Simeon team to an undefeated season and state title – their second straight.

Jabari becomes the fourth Mr. Basketball award winner from Simeon, and the first since current Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose won it in 2007. Becoming the first junior winner ever, Parker will surely be the favorite to win it next year and be the state’s first ever 2-time winner.

Parker is being recruited by just about every notable college program in the country and the upcoming AAU season will be a recruiting frenzy. There are a ton of star prospects in Illinois, with Parker and Jahlil Okafor (2014) leading the way.

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Gatorade Player Of The Year Winners

Published by Source on March 22nd, 2012

Every year, Gatorade gives an award to the best high school athlete in each sport, in each state. On Thursday, the state announced its 51 boys basketball winners (the extra is from DC) and a few of the recipients will be playing nearby in the future (full list of winners can be found HERE):

* Jabari Parker – Simeon Academy (Chicago, IL) – Only a junior, but one of the top prospects in the 2013 class being recruited by just about every basketball powerhouse in the country.

* Gary Harris – Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers, IN) – Harris chose the Michigan State Spartans over Indiana, Purdue, and Kentucky back in November.

* Matt Costello – Bay City Western (Auburn, MI) – Also named Mr. Basketball in Michigan last week, Costello will join Harris in East Lansing next year.

* Cameron Biedscheid – Cardinal Ritter (St. Louis, MO) – The Missouri-native is headed to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish next year.

* Mike Gesell – South Sioux City (NE) – Gesell is headed across the state line as part of a stellar recruiting class for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

* Sam Dekker – Sheboygan Lutheran (WI) – Dekker has exploded onto the national scene in the past year and has been committed to the Wisconsin Badgers since June 2010.

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Powerade Fab 50 Preseason List

Published by Source on October 20th, 2011

ESPNHS has released its preseason Powerade Fab 50, a list of the 50 best boy’s high school basketball teams in the country. There are a number of Illinois and Indiana teams on the list, as well as plenty of teams with players committed to or being recruited by B1G and Chicago-area colleges. Here’s the highlights of the list:

 

1. Simeon Career Academy (Chicago, IL)

- Chicago powerhouse Simeon landed the well-deserved top spot on this year’s list. Behind outstanding junior Jabari Parker, considered by some to be the best player in the 2013 class, the Wolverines lineup features several other highly-touted prospects. Senior Steve Taylor is already committed to Marquette, while junior Kendrick Nunn recently re-opened his recruitment after making an early pledge to Texas A&M. Also joining the group is junior point guard Jaylon Tate, who transferred to Simeon from De La Salle this past summer. Tate has been hearing from most of the B1G already, plus hometown DePaul, and has already landed an offer from Northwestern.

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Kendrick Nunn back on the market

Published by Source on September 30th, 2011

2013 Simeon star Kendrick Nunn is back on the recruiting market after decommitting from Texas A&M earlier this week. Nunn, who announced the news via Twitter, committed to the Aggies back on August 7 in what many thought was a suprise choice.

Nunn plays at Simeon with another 2013 star, Jabari Parker. College coaches from all over the country have been flooding the Simeon gym in the past weeks to watch Parker and his teammates work out, but things are going to get a lot more crazy now that Nunn is available again.

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B1G / Chicago Recruiting Tidbits – Friday 9/16

Published by Source on September 16th, 2011

Every Friday we will release a list of small recruiting news “nuggets” or “tidbits” they deserve mention on this site but do not necessarily require full articles. Here is this Friday’s edition of Recruiting Tidbits:

* DePaul has added a late member to its 2011 recruiting class in JUCO point guard Worrell Clahar. The 6-foot junior comes to Chicago from Lawson State CC (Alabama) and will have 2 years of eligibility with the Blue Demons. The commitment actually happened over Labor Day weekend, but got lost in the shuffle by yours truly. Apologies on that one!

* Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy was the place to be for college coaches on Wednesday night as all eyes were on 2013 star Jabari Parker. In the house to see Parker were head coaches and/or assistants from over 20 D1 schools, headlined by Mike Krzyzewski (plus 2 Duke assistants), Tom Izzo, Roy Williams, Thad Matta (plus assistant), Bill Self (plus assistant), Bruce Weber (plus assistant), Oliver Purnell and Larry Krystkowiak (Utah). Several other local schools were represented, including Chicago State, UIC, Valpo, Illinois State and Northern Illinois. The workout also featured Marquette commit and Steve Taylor (2012) and Texas A&M verbal Kendrick Nunn (2013).

* Indiana commitment Peter Jurkin (2012) has been out of basketball for most of the last year with a stress fracture in his leg. Inside The Hall is reporting that Jurkin is now back at full strength after missing most of his junior season and the entire AAU evaluation period.

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