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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Recruiting News: Cornell Recruits Pass Up Other Basketball Opportunities to Attend Cornell

Pictured above, former St. Bonaventure transfer, Jeff Foote, slams home a basket for Cornell during the 2009 NCAA Tournament against Missouri.

By way of comparison to our post from yesterday listing Harvard's incoming 2009-2010 recruiting class, below is a list of Cornell's incoming 2009-2010 recruits and the the schools that reportedly offered scholarships or roster spots before these recruits ultimately selected Cornell.

Notable, Cornell rookies have captured three of the last four Ivy League Rookie of the Year Awards.

Our sources of the below information come predominantly from the AAU, high school and college coaches that were intimately involved in the recruitment processes.
  • Errick Peck F 6-6 210 Indianapolis IN Cathedral HS (AAU: Spiece Rising Stars) (Offering schools: Akron, Cleveland State, Kent State, Colorado State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Loyola-Chicago, Middle Tennessee State, IUFW, Butler, Missouri State, Evansville and Wisconsin-Green Bay).
  • Miles Asafo-Adjei G 6-1 175 Nashville TN The Ensworth School (AAU: Tennessee YOMCA Tigers) (Offering schools: Furman, Columbia)
  • Josh Figini F 6-9 200 Chisago Lakes MN HS (AAU: Minnesota Glory) (Offering schools: Minnesota (preferred walk-on), D-IIs, D-IIIs)
  • Mark Coury F/C 6-9 240 West Bloomfield MI Detroit Country Day High School/Univ. of Kentucky (senior, eligible 2 years) (Offering schools while in high school: Kentucky, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Oakland University, Marquette, Northwestern, and Oklahoma.
  • Peter McMillan F 6-7 220 Brentwood CA Northfield MA Northfield Mt Hermon School (Offering schools: Columbia, Princeton, Dartmouth and William & Mary)
  • Eitan Chemerinski F 6-8 200 Potomac MD Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (AAU: Metro Sixers) (Offering schools: Columbia, Princeton, D-IIIs)
  • Max Groebe G 6-4 185 North Miami Beach FL Krop Senior High School/Univ. of Massachusetts (junior, eligible 3 years) (Offering schools while in high school: UMass, Georgetown, Princeton, Penn, Virginia Commonwealth, George Washington, Richmond, South Florida, Miami-FL, American, and Texas-Arlington).

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