Recruiting News

Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League. Above, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Cornell's Chris Wroblewski. Cornell rookies have capured the Rookie of the Year award four of the last seven years (including three of the last four years).

John Carroll, head coach of Northfield Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts reports that over 30 college coaches attended Hector Harold's AAU game with the Double Pump Elite at the Super 64 tournament in Las Vegas last week. Schools represented in the crowd included Penn, Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Virginia, Wyoming, and St. Mary's. Harold is a 6'5" wing forward.

Cornell's coaching staff was also well represented in Las Vegas and the Big Red are hot on the recruiting trail of several major impact big men. With the expected graduation of Jeff Foote next May, Cornell is offering immediate playing time to low post high school prospects in the classes of 2010 and 2011.

DaytonFlyersNet.com reports that Clarkston, Michigan's Matt Kamieniecki has scholarship offers from Western Michigan, IPFW, and Wofford. The 6'7" forward is also receiving interest from Cornell, Penn, Dayton, Michigan, and Bucknell. Kamieniecki's parents both attended Michigan and his father is a former pitcher for the New York Yankees. When asked about his timetable for a college decision, Matt responded, "It will probably happen before school ball starts."

NJHoops.com reports that Princeton, Yale, Cornell, and Dartmouth are all showing interest in 6'2"DeOliver Davis of the Hun School in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the younger brother of Princeton's Doug Davis.

North Star Basketball identifies 6'7" James Bourne of the class of 2011 from Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Virginia as a recruiting target of Penn, Richmond, Navy, UNC-Wilmington, Lafayette, Davidson, and North Carolina A&T.