Chris Welker, a 6'6" forward from Zionsville High School in Indiana recently competed with the Indiana Junior All-Stars against Cornell recruit, Errick Peck and the Indiana Senior All-Stars. Welker told the Indianapolis Star this week that he holds an offer from Army while also receiving interest from Navy, Western Michigan, Air Force, Belmont, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Holy Cross and IUPUI.Speaking of Peck, he received MVP honors from the Indianapolis Star for his four game performance with the Indiana All-Stars where he averaged 16.5 points and 10 rebounds per game, while shooting 66% from the floor against the juniors and the Kentucky All Stars.
Unlike traditional All-Star games where the objective is solely entertaining the crowd, this four game series (the Indiana-Kentucky Classic) was played competitively with an emphasis on teamwork. After his performance, a strong case could be made that Peck is the top player from the state.
Peck was regularly considered among the top 20 players in his senior class, but what could have kept him from the Mr. Basketball discussion was a shortage of supporting numbers. After all, Peck's stats at Indianapolis Cathedral High School were not exactly jaw dropping. He averaged a very solid 14.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. But he also was forced to play inside as a center in the post and had to share the ball with teammate and Purdue recruit, Kelsey Barlow, a 6'5" wing.
While Peck may not play wing forward at Cornell, he proved with the Indiana All-Stars that he could play the role of a Charles Barkley-like roaming power forward where he is free to move anywhere on the floor.
Heading into 2009-2010, as a frontcourt unit, Peck, Mark Coury (a 6'9" Kentucky transfer) and 6'6" junior Adam Wire will provide a tremendous boost of energy and aggression off the bench for the Cornell Big Red. Throw-in backcourt snipers Max Groebe (a 6'4" guard and UMass transfer) and reigning Rookie of the Year point guard, Chris Wroblewski and Cornell has a reserve team that is good enough to compete with any opposing Ivy starting five.
This unit could also be Cornell's starting five for 2010-2011.
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