All Links WSU WSU Fans Forum Video Clips Recruiting News Berger's Blog Wsufball Contact Us WSU Recruiting News Latest Recruiting News Junior college small forward signs with Weber (Apr 22) Marcus Carson, 6'4", 190 lb small forward from Oakland played his freshman year at SUU and then transferred to Paris Junior College this past season. He will be a junior at WSU next season. Carson's sophomore year he helped guide the Paris Dragons to a 30-7 record as well to claim the Region XIV title and reach the NJCAA Tournament. Schools of Interest: Central Arkansas, Long Beach State, UC-Santa Barbara, Western Illinois, & Weber State. New update: Signed letter of intent to play for Weber State. CSI guard verbals to WSU (Apr 22) Nick Hansen, 6'4", 195 lb guard from Pocatello, ID. Hansen just completed his sophomore year at the College of Southern Idaho. Schools of Interest: Albany, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara & Weber State New update: Solid verbal to Weber State. Junior college guard (Mar 30) Jonathan Hall is a 6'5" 212 lb shooting guard from Miami, Florida. He plays for South Plains Community College located in Levelland, Texas. Hall's team beat SLCC for the championship where he was named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team along with SLCC's guards Brian Green and DaVell Jackson. Hall was also named the William B. French MVP of the Tournament. Hall averaged 15 ppg this year to finish out his junior college career. Schools of Interest: Indiana State, St. Bonaventure & Weber State. New update: Came on recruiting trip to Weber State last week. NJCAA All-Tournament Team (Mar 30) At the junior college national championships held annually at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas, South Plains CC of Levelland, TX, beat Salt Lake Community College 67-56 for the national championship. NJCAA All-Tournament Team Dwight Buycks 6'1" CG - Indian Hills Dwight Hardy 5'11" CG - Indian Hills Will Bynum 6'3" SG - Eastern Arizona Reggie Chamberlain 6'0" PG - Seward County Darko Cohadarevic 6'9" PF - Seward County Brian Green 5'11" CG - Salt Lake DaVell Jackson 6'1" CG - Salt Lake Jonathan Hall 6'4" WF - South Plains Nick Okorie 6'1" CG - South Plains Mario Little 6'5" SG - Chipola Bryan Sherrer 6'0" PG - Three Rivers Eric Tramiel 6'7" PF - Paris William B. French MVP of the Tournament Jonathan Hall - South Plains Coach of the Tournament Steve Green - South Plains Bud Obee Outstanding Small Player Award Brian Green - Salt Lake Sesher Sportsmanship Award Nikola Kecman 6'9" PF - Eastern Arizona Junior college forward (Mar 24) Julian Jones is a 6'8", 216 lb freshman at College of Lake County, a community college in Grayslake, Illinois. Word has it Jones has been averaging 18 and 12 to finish the season and he's put on 20 pounds during his freshman year. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/sports/bonato/857448,5_2_WA24_EXTRAPOINT_S1.article Schools of Interest: Chicago State, Cornell, Eastern Illinois, Idaho, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee Tech, Utah State, & Weber State. New update: Will visit Weber State. Junior college forward (Mar 17) Blake Wallace, 6'6", 220 lb forward from Anaheim, CA. Wallace went to the prestigous Servite High School where 90% of its graduates are immediately accepted to four year colleges. Wallace is a soph at Irvine Valley College (CC) where he averaged 14 ppg and 8 rpg. The IVC Lasers finished the season 25-4. Also, last season Montana's Ceylon Elgin-Taylor played at Irvine Valley College. Schools of Interest: Albany, Boise State, CS-Fullerton, CS-Northridge, Tulsa, UC-Irvine, & Weber State New update: Not being recruited by Weber State. Junior college small forward (Mar 17) Ridas Pulkauninkas, 6'6", 180 lb forward from Ukmerga, Lithuania. Ridas just finished up his freshman year at Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, Texas. He averaged 14 ppg. Schools of Interest: Weber State New update: Not being recruited by Weber State for next season. Junior college small forward (Feb 27) Eric Tramiel, 6'7", 225 lb small forward from Shreveport, LA. He is a soph at Paris Junior College in Paris, Texas. Tramiel is shooting FG% .57 and averaging 16 ppg & 6 rpg.. As of Feb 27th the Paris Junior College Dragons are 23-4 with 3 games to go. They went 19-0 before they finally lost a game. Schools of interest: Arkansas-Little Rock, George Mason, Georgia State, Murray State, New Orleans, North Texas, South Alabama, & Weber State New update: Tramiel signed with U of North Texas. Junior college small forward (Feb 27) Jared Quayle, guard from Perry, Utah. Quayle is sophomore at Western Wyoming Community College where he is averaging 25 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 3 apg, 2.6 steals, and 52% from the arc. Schools of Interest: Utah State and Weber State New update: Signed with Utah State. Junior college small forward (Feb 27) Chris Busch, 6'6", 220 lb small forward from Oakland, California. He is a sophomore currently playing for Merritt College. Schools of Interest: Central Connecticut State, Eastern Washington, North Texas, Western Illinois, & Weber State New update: Gave verbal to Eastern Washington University. High School forward (Feb 7) Bill Squire, 6'8", 235 lb power forward from Hagerman, New Mexico. Squire is a high school senior that will graduate this May, he is scoring 22 & 11 per game for Hagerman High. Schools of Interest: Liberty & Weber State SLCC power forward (Feb 7) Papa Samba Guisse, 6'9", 210 lb power forward from Louga, Senegal (North of Sierra Leone in Africa). Guisse is a sophomore at Salt Lake Community College who is averaging 6.5 & 6.5 in 19 minutes per game. Schools of Interest: CS-Fullerton, UC-Irvine, & Weber State New update: Received offer from Cal State Fullerton. Weber State and UC Irvine are still interested. SLCC guard (Feb 7) Brian Green, 5'11", 170 lb guard from Fruit Heights, UT. Green is averaging 14 ppg and shooting better than 50% from 3-point land. He also is shooting 96% from the free-throw line. SLCC lost the NJCAA championship to South Plains CC (Texas). Schools of Interest: Cal State Fullerton, Southern Utah, & Weber State New update: Green is planning on leaving for 2 years on an LDS Church mission. In the NJCAA Tournamnet, Green was named the Bud Obee Outstanding Small Player Award. High school forward (Jan 18) Michael Boswell, 6'9", from Beaverton, OR, is a senior in high school playing for Aloha High School. He is averaging 16 & 8 so far this season and more schools are becoming interested. Schools of Interest: BYU, Oregon State, Portland, Portland State, Utah, Utah State & Weber State. Junior college forward (Nov 27) Neal Pitt, 6'6", 220 lb'er from Prince George's County, MD, is averaging 20 pts & 11 rebs for Frederick CC located in Frederick, MD. Last season as a freshman, he was a 2nd-team All Maryland JUCO Conference Region XX. He was named a preseason 2nd team NJCAA All-American for this season and was named to the all-tournament team in the season-opening Dunkin’ Donuts Tournament. Schools of Interest: Long Island University, Morehead State, St. Francis, Weber State, & Youngstown State. New update: Pitt will not be siging with Weber State. Junior college small forward (Oct 4) Cory Cooperwood, 6'7”, from Kensett , Arkansas. Cooperwood is currently playing for Wallace State CC in Hanceville, AL. Last season he averaged 16 & 8. He was the only freshman in the nation to be a 1st Team JUCO All-American. Schools of Interest: Evansville, Georgia State, LA-Monroe, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri State, Murray State, & Weber State. New update: Cooperwood signed with Wright State. Top 5 West Coast point guard gives verbal (Sep 30) Damian Lillard, 5'11”, from Oakland, CA. Lillard is considered to be one of the top five point guards on the West Coast (according to scout.com). Lillard, will play his senior season at Oakland High. He is said to have had offers from many other bigger schools but has decided to go with Weber and has cancelled recruiting trips to those schools. Schools of Interest: San Diego State, Utah, Wazzou, Bradley, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego, Santa Clara, SMU, Saint Mary's, Wichita State, Boise State, Montana, Oral Roberts, & Weber State. New update: Signed with Weber State. Denver guard gives verbal (Sep 29) Terrence Dent, 6'1”, 215 lbs, from Denver, CO. Dent is the second high schooler to give a verbal commitment to Rahe thus far for 2008-09. His junior year, Dent averaged 14 pts, 4 assists, & 4 steals. Schools of Interest: Air Force, Dartmouth, Denver, Loyola Marymount, Northern Colorado, Weber State, & Wyoming. New update: Signed with Weber State. Clearfield senior gives verbal (Sep 21) Local Clearfield High senior, Nick Thompson, 6'9" gave a verbal committment to play basketball for the Purple & White this past Wednesday. He narrowed down his choices to WSU and Pacific. He then called Coach Rahe with the good news. Thompson: "He was really, really excited. He was yelling and all that. He was ecstatic." Last season Thompson put up 15 points and seven rebounds per game and was second-team all-state. He will likely sign his letter of intent with WSU November 14th. "I've been leaning toward Weber State, so I did not see any reason to wait any longer," Thompson said. "I wanted to commit before my senior season started so I could put a lot of focus into my last season of high school basketball." New update: Will not play for Weber State next season. High school power forward (Sep 16) Matt Peeler, 6'7”, from Alamogordo, NM. Peeler is the third high school player from the state of New Mexico Weber has recruited so far for '08. Schools of Interest: New Mexico, New Mexico State, & Weber State. High school power forward (Sep 6) Mathias Ward, 6'7”, 225 lbs, from Gig Harbor, WA. He is playing is senior year at Gig Harbor. Schools of Interest: Eastern Washington, Montana, Portland State, & Weber State. New update: Signed with Montana. High school center (Sep 2) Justin Hamilton, 6'9”, is said to have been on unofficial visits to WSU & USU. Going into his senior season at Lone Peak High (UT) he has been ranked as one of the top centers in the West. As a student he is carrying a 3.8 GPA. Schools of Interest: Oregon, Portland, San Diego, UC-Davis, Utah, Washington State, & Weber State. New update: Signed with Iowa State. Junior college point guard (Aug 7) Nick Burns 6'1", 185 lbs, from Portland, OR. Right now he is in Liberal, KS, playing for Seward County CC. Schools of Interest: San Jose State, St. Francis-NY, UC-Santa Barbara, Utah State, & Weber State. New update: Last season 2nd team all conference in football and basketball. He is currently playing his sophomore season at Seward. His dad played football at Portland State. High school point guard (Aug 6) Damian Lillard 6'0", 165 lbs, from Oakland, CA. Lillard is a top West Coast point guard coming out of the class of '08. He's has good quickness, a very good 3-point shooter. A scoring point guard but plays unselfishly. Schools of Interest: Boise State, Fresno State, Montana, Montana State, Oral Roberts, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Diego State, Santa Clara, Southern Methodist, & Weber State. New update: Signed with Weber State. Junior college small forward (June 29) Dallas Hunter 6'5", 215 lbs, from Plano, TX Collin County CC Class: 2008 (Junior College) He redshirted as a freshman at TCU in 2005-06. Schools of Interest: New Orleans, North Texas, Texas-Arlington, & Weber State. New update: Transferred to Div II Texas A&M - Commerce. High school shooting guard (June 15) Taylor Brown, 6'5" - Alta High, Utah. Schools of Interest: Lehigh, SUU, Utah State, & Weber State New update: Brown is listing BYU as his school of choice; he is also being recruited by Iowa & Syracuse. High school point guard (June 13) Marcus Williams, 5'10" - Rio Rancho High, New Mexico. He will graduate in 2008. High School post (June 10) Greg Shepard, 6'8" - Sunset High, Oregon. He will graduate in 2008. Schools of Interest: Oregon State, Portland, Portland State, & Weber State High school small forward (June 1) Allen Tate Small, 6'6" - Hobbs High, New Mexico. He will graduate in 2008. Schools of Interest: Arizona State, Nebraska, Pepperdine, William & Mary, Liberty, & Weber State. New update: Tate has done nothing as of yet, and has received no offers from any of the ten schools that are looking at him. Signed for '08-'09 Signing day (Nov 18) Three high school seniors just signed their national letters of intent to play for the ‘Cats in 2008-09. They are Nick Thompson, a 6-9 190 lb forward from Clearfield High, Terrance Dent , a 6-1 185 lb guard from Mullen High (Denver, CO), and Damian Lillard, a 6-1 165 lb guard from Oakland High (Oakland, CA). Rahe: "They each bring a set of skills to our program which will make us better. First off, they are all high character individuals and are solid students in the classroom. That is as important to us as their playing skills. They each fit nicely into our program and will be excellent teammates." Stats: Lillard as a junior: 20 pts, 4 assists, & 4 rebs. He has been selected as a preseason honorable mention high school all-america pick by The Sporting News. Thompson as a junior: 15 pts, 7 rebs. Dent as a junior: 14 pts, 5 assists, & 4 rebs.