Basketball: USU still pursuing Orem's 6-10 Harward
Just got some more information about Ian Harward, the 6-foot-10 post player from Orem High whom we recently reported has a scholarship offer from Utah State. Harward will be a senior this fall at Orem.
Harward is kind of shy, according to his high school coach, Mike Conner, and doesn't enjoy talking to newspaper reporters. Who can blame him?
Anyway, Harward has not committed yet. He is going to wait a few more weeks to see what other opportunites spring up, but will likely commit before the end of July.
Whichever school gets Harward will have to wait for him to play because he turns 19 in September of 2009 and plans to go on an LDS Church mission before ever enrolling in college.
Conner said Harward has improved immensely since the high school season while playing on Orem's summer team and for the club team Utah Pump N Run.
"In just the past few months, I have gotten calls from back east, the Ivy [league] schools, from everywhere," Conner said. "He has definitely blossomed into a fine basketball player."
Harward averaged 12 points and seven rebounds a game last year for the Golden Tigers, all while nursing a bruised tailbone that limited his practice time.
He's also smart, with high college entrance test scores and close to a 4.0 grade point average, all while taking AP (advanced) classes.
"Someone is going to get a good player and an excellent student," Conner said.
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Jeremy Crabtree of rivals.com has reported that J.J. Holliday, a wide receiver from Tucson, Ariz., has a football scholarship offer from the University of Utah and is leaning in the Utes' direction.
Holliday, a 6-foot-1, 160-pound burner, also has an offer from Wyoming. He caught 17 touchdown passes and amassed 1,257 receiving yards as a junior.
Harward is kind of shy, according to his high school coach, Mike Conner, and doesn't enjoy talking to newspaper reporters. Who can blame him?
Anyway, Harward has not committed yet. He is going to wait a few more weeks to see what other opportunites spring up, but will likely commit before the end of July.
Whichever school gets Harward will have to wait for him to play because he turns 19 in September of 2009 and plans to go on an LDS Church mission before ever enrolling in college.
Conner said Harward has improved immensely since the high school season while playing on Orem's summer team and for the club team Utah Pump N Run.
"In just the past few months, I have gotten calls from back east, the Ivy [league] schools, from everywhere," Conner said. "He has definitely blossomed into a fine basketball player."
Harward averaged 12 points and seven rebounds a game last year for the Golden Tigers, all while nursing a bruised tailbone that limited his practice time.
He's also smart, with high college entrance test scores and close to a 4.0 grade point average, all while taking AP (advanced) classes.
"Someone is going to get a good player and an excellent student," Conner said.
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Jeremy Crabtree of rivals.com has reported that J.J. Holliday, a wide receiver from Tucson, Ariz., has a football scholarship offer from the University of Utah and is leaning in the Utes' direction.
Holliday, a 6-foot-1, 160-pound burner, also has an offer from Wyoming. He caught 17 touchdown passes and amassed 1,257 receiving yards as a junior.
1 Comments:
6-1 160? That dude better be WAY fast or he's going to get broken in half.
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