We've written a lot the past few months about Utah's top high school football players from the class of 2010 -- guys such as Brighton's Ricky Heimuli, Pleasant Grove's Dallas Lloyd and Timpview's Bronson Kaufusi.

Another player who is having a fantastic summer at camps and talent combines is Park City defensive back Erik Walker.

Walker, a 5-foot-9, 160-pound cornerback and quarterback, recently received his first Division I offer -- from Navy.

Walker and his teammate, running back Dylan Chynoweth, both received offers from Navy after leading Park City to the championship of Navy's recent 7-on-7 passing tournament.

According the the Web site gomids.com, Navy assistant coach Joey DuPaix called both players into his office and offered both scholarships.

DuPaix, of course, is the son of Skyline head coach Roger DuPaix and a former standout quarterback at Skyline.

Walker is one of the fastest players in the state, while Chynoweth, 5-8, 174, reportedly runs a 4.5-second 40.

Walker, who is being recruited mostly as a defensive back, has also drawn interest from Oregon State, Army, Air Force and Utah. Walker was named Combine MVP and the Fastest Man at the National Underclassman Combine in Idaho last month after posting a 35.5-inch vertical jump and a 9 foot, 5-inch broad jump.

He reportedly ran a 4.36 40 at the All-Poly Camp in Bountiful and was clocked in the 4.5 range in Idaho.

Mark Anderson, a pitcher and utility player at Vista del Lago High in California, has signed to play baseball for BYU.

Anderson made the All-Inland Empire second team after going 8-2 on the mound for the Ravens last season. He had a 1.79 earned run average and struck out 106 batters while walking only 35.

He posted a .376 batting average with 16 RBIs and eight doubles.

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Southern Utah University's gymnastics program has signed a third recruit for the 2009-2010 season.

Alyssa Click of Vancouver, Wash., signed recently with the Thunderbirds. She's a two-time Region 2 all-around champion and graduated with honors from her high school.

In November, SUU signed Caitlin Kennedy of Temple, Texas, and Michaela Chernoch of Naples, Fla.

Utah Valley University's women's basketball program has signed Kaitlin Bogle, a forward from Crocker High School in Missouri.

Bogle scored more than 1,700 points in her high school career, and averaged 19.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and two assists per game her senior season.

She was an all-conference selection three straight seasons at Crocker, and also excelled in track and cross country.

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Pine View's Sadi Dias, Springville's Alexis Eaton, Morgan's Ashley Garfield and Layton's Addison Moore have all been selected to participate in the adidas top 100 skills camp to be held July 12 at the University of Indiana.

The girls participate in the Salt Lake Metro club basketball program.

-- Jay Drew

More details can be found here on how Utah's latest commitment, Brian Blechen, made himself known to the football world.

Brian Blechen, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound quarterback out of Moorpark, Calif., has committed to the Utes.
Blechen threw for 473 yards and eight touchdowns before his junior season was cut short by injury. He is the seventh commitment for the Utes for their 2010 class.

Dixie State College in St. George has signed seven players to its women’s basketball program, including one player from Utah and another who played junior college basketball in the Beehive State.
West Jordan’s Gabrielle Rodriguez was one of coach Angela Kristensen’s seven signings. The Red Storm also signed two players last November during the early signing period.
A 5-foot-5 point guard, Rodriguez was a 5A all-state honorable mention honoree as a senior. She averaged 7.0 points and 7.1 assists for the Jaguars last season.
“Gabby is someone who we feel slid under the radar as far as recruiting goes,” said Kristensen. “We saw her at our camp last summer and loved her game. She is an extremely heady point guard that sees the floor well. Along with her passing abilities, Gabby is a great outside shooter and can also get to the rim off the dribble.”
The other players signing with DSC were: Na’Chelle Catron (Moreno Valley, Calif.), Amber Scruggs (Los Angeles, Calif.), Veronica Siqueros (Phoenix, Ariz.), Johnna Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.), Vajae Robinson (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Chanel Maxey (Anaheim, Calif.)
Siqueros played the last two seasons at the College of Eastern Utah in Price. She averaged seven points a game for the Golden Eagles.

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Westminster’s women’s soccer program signed three athletes to NAIA letters of intent for the 2009 season recently.
Megan Maldonado, Jennifer Prescott, and Nicole Taylor have all signed to join the Griffins in the fall for the third season of women’s soccer at Westminster.
Maldonado played for Draper’s Juan Diego High last fall and helped the Soaring Eagle go 14-4.
Taylor played at Waterford School in Sandy and spent the 2007 season at Penn State, but appeared in just one game. She was the 2A/1A MVP at Waterford her senior season.

When a high-profile program such as Kansas jumps into the picture, you know the kid is turning into a national recruit.

That's the story this summer on Kyle Collinsworth, the Provo High guard who is by far the most recruited local prep basketball player from the class of 2010 (rising seniors).

A quick update on Collinsworth:

He went on an unofficial visit to Arizona State last week, then attended the Elite Camp at Kansas.

At ASU, Collinsworth worked out for two days in front of coach Herb Sendek and his staff. He was also able to meet ASU's athletic director, strength and conditioning coaches, the team nutritionist and several academic advisors. He got a complete tour of the new basketball training facility.

ASU is now recruiting Collinsworth heavily, with Sendek having visited Provo to watch him play.

Sources say Collinsworth's play in Las Vegas last April has boosted his prominence nationally.

As for Kansas, Collinsworth was also given the red carpet treatment in Lawrence. He was given a tour of the campus and met with the coaches and some of the Jayhawks' top players.

Kansas didn't offer, but its coaches said they will continue to watch Collinsworth the rest of the summer.

Collinsworth has been at the Utah State team camp with his Provo High teammates this past week.

The rest of the month will be spent attending the NBA Top 100 camp in Virginia and attending the BYU team camp with his teammates.

Along with Arizona State and Kansas, Baylor, UCLA, Florida and Oklahoma State have jumped into the picture for Collinsworth, according to a source familiar with his recruitment.