Lone Peak's Funk Eyes Fresno State
Bracken Funk's birthday is next week, and a couple of the guests at one of his parties on Sept. 13 could be just a little bit older than he is.
Funk, who turns 18, is a 6-foot-8 senior basketball player at Lone Peak High who sort of fell off the charts of college basketball recruiters this summer. He blew out the ACL in his right knee in June, and missed a lot of the summer all-star season.
Still, the son of former Utah State standout Randy Funk will receive an in-house visit on his birthday next week from a couple of familiar faces: Steve Cleveland and Jeff Reinert.
Cleveland, the former head coach at BYU, is now the head coach at Fresno State, and Reinert, former head coach at Utah Valley State College, is one of his assistants.
"It's possible Fresno State will offer [a scholarship] when they visit," Bracken Funk said. "Then again, maybe they won't."
Funk said he has no other offers, although Weber State has shown some interest.
"My grandpa [who lives in Logan] says Utah State is looking at me," Funk said. "And my dad has talked to a few schools, but [interest] has been kind of slow."
Obviously, the fact that Funk injured his knee has recruiters a bit gun shy.
Lone Peak coach Quincy Lewis said interest was high before the injury, but now schools may be waiting to see how Funk recovers. Funk said he can only lift weights and shoot jump shots now, but expects to return to action by the middle of November.
He injured the knee on June 9 while demonstrating a jumping drill at Lone Peak’s basketball camp.
He played in one Las Vegas tournament, but missed a tournament at USU and another at North Carolina in which Lone Peak surprised everyone by taking second place.
Funk, who plays the power forward position, said he is looking forward to the visit from the Fresno State coaches.
"I will know a lot more about [his future] after that," he said.
Funk, who turns 18, is a 6-foot-8 senior basketball player at Lone Peak High who sort of fell off the charts of college basketball recruiters this summer. He blew out the ACL in his right knee in June, and missed a lot of the summer all-star season.
Still, the son of former Utah State standout Randy Funk will receive an in-house visit on his birthday next week from a couple of familiar faces: Steve Cleveland and Jeff Reinert.
Cleveland, the former head coach at BYU, is now the head coach at Fresno State, and Reinert, former head coach at Utah Valley State College, is one of his assistants.
"It's possible Fresno State will offer [a scholarship] when they visit," Bracken Funk said. "Then again, maybe they won't."
Funk said he has no other offers, although Weber State has shown some interest.
"My grandpa [who lives in Logan] says Utah State is looking at me," Funk said. "And my dad has talked to a few schools, but [interest] has been kind of slow."
Obviously, the fact that Funk injured his knee has recruiters a bit gun shy.
Lone Peak coach Quincy Lewis said interest was high before the injury, but now schools may be waiting to see how Funk recovers. Funk said he can only lift weights and shoot jump shots now, but expects to return to action by the middle of November.
He injured the knee on June 9 while demonstrating a jumping drill at Lone Peak’s basketball camp.
He played in one Las Vegas tournament, but missed a tournament at USU and another at North Carolina in which Lone Peak surprised everyone by taking second place.
Funk, who plays the power forward position, said he is looking forward to the visit from the Fresno State coaches.
"I will know a lot more about [his future] after that," he said.
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