ibruce1 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 2008 three-star prospect Jared Swopshire, formerly of Ft. Zumwalt High School in O'Fallon, Mo., is growing into his game down at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. And schools are beginning to take notice of the 6-foot-7, 190-pound wing player. Bob Huggins of Kansas State and Matt Daugherty of SMU have already made the trip down to IMG during this evaluation period, and other coaches are expected in soon according to IMG Player Development Specialists Jared Redell and Justin Sherlock. "Coach Huggins and Coach Daugherty were very impressed with Jared," said Coach Sherlock. "Marquette is very interested and will be down soon. Also West Virginia, Purdue and Michigan are expected down here. "Jared really put on a show for the two coaches. He is stroking threes, distributing in traffic. He's an inside/outside threat and can handle under pressure. There really isn't a lot he can't do." Swopshire played primarily with the St. Louis Eagles 16-under squad this summer. Already known to schools in the Midwest, he will soon be a national name. Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dayton, Northern Illinois, Western Illinois, Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri State have all offered Swopshire, but his top school list reads more like a who's who of high-major programs. "I like Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Connecticut, Florida and Florida State," said Swopshire. "Right now, though, I'm just hearing from Connecticut and Florida State." Now that Swopshire is in South Florida, he will suit up with the Florida Rams travel team next summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majerus Magic Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Doesn't exactly look like his dream schools and actual schollies are lining up. Hopefully everything works out for the kid though. If you are paying that much money, it better pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risky1 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 I assume that part of the money his family is paying goes into this publicity and hype. It is part of the package. They generate interest by saying that other programs are looking at him. They probably do this for all of the kids attending there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 "Bob Huggins of Kansas State and Matt Daugherty of SMU have already made the trip down to IMG during this evaluation period, and other coaches are expected in soon according to IMG Player Development Specialists Jared Redell and Justin Sherlock. Is it a little sickening that a "school" has player developement specialists? Sometimes I hate all these games...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 It's just a fancy title for "coach" or "trainer." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Rich Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 hopefully they have scholastic specialists too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 ... seems a little off here if you ask me. You've got the reality of four directional schools, two mid-majors and a former high major team looking to recover from the Huggins mess. The perception of this kid is that he's good enough for six of the souped-up cadillac programs of the history of the free world of college basketball .... Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Syracus, UConn and Florida. This should be a really good case study to follow when its all said and done. Good enough and well off enough to move from the ghetto (high school ball in St. Louis) to Beverly Hills with the belief that this is the next step to the promised land. The pormised lnad is not any ol' college basketball program, but the Cadillac programs. Will he end up there? Who knows. Then, its of course on to the riches of the NBA. I intend to follow it. Out to be some good fiction, maybe enough for Hoop Dreams II or The Return of Bassy Telfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlsfinest Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I just hope that St. Louis can be supportive of Swopshire...Alex Tyus was criticized heavily for his decision to prep in Ohio. Swopshire, just like Tyus, is still considered an STL area player. The Pendleton School will give him an excellent education also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 I'm not in St. Louis, so I don't feel a need to be supportive OR criticize. I will say that I don't know if your point is valid ... namely that his "education" had anything to do with this decision ... I am convinced (for now) that the college richs and then the NBA riches had everything to do with this decision. I said in a past thread that any high school education is nothing more than fodder for the future. When I came out of high school, the diploma wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. As opposed to when my father came out and could actually get a job with it. I just had a discussion with my kid at the dinner table tonight. She's a high school junior and is getting closer to a college major selection. I told her that in all reality, the bachelor's degree won't be enough. She can likely expect to plan on some sort of graduate or professional school work to get ahead. That seems to be the reality nowadays for those not entertaining dreams in the pro sports wrold, hitting the lottery, filing that one big law suit, or getting on Survivor or the latest reality show rage. If you think for a minute that The Pendleton School's education and degree will work out in some sort of finality, ferget 'bout dit! Unfortuantely a high school diploma, no matter where its from, is only a prerequisite ... and one that a future NBA-er ain't really thinking about as anything more than "been there, done that, got the T-shirt." The Pendleton School, Oak Hlll Academy, Fork Union .... sure, some are necessary because big Johnnie athlete didn't perform and get the prerequisites that are needed, unfortunately, for the pro prep schools known as colleges. These places, and they can be great educational sites for 99% of their school population for the most part, are nothing more than means by which to accomplish an end which is meet the prerequisites and get noticed by the cadillac elite. Sure, a few Scottie Pippins and Dennis Rodmans and Ben Wallaces are out there, but I believe most will tell you that the pedigree will get you more looks than not and that pedigree is the cadillac college. This education thing is not to be discounted. As a matter of fact, I look forward to seeing how that plays out as well. Its all a part of the story I want to follow with this kid. Hey, I hold no ill will or malice to him. I don't even know him. Which serves well in this observational societal experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseugnekillib Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 finest.....didn't Alex Tyus attend Country Day before transferring to one of the Hazelwood schools. Amazing someone interested in education would leave Country Day for Hazelwood ????. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlsfinest Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 >finest.....didn't Alex Tyus attend Country Day before >transferring to one of the Hazelwood schools. Amazing >someone interested in education would leave Country Day for >Hazelwood ????. I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. People forget that these kids are in high school and usually don't make the decision of which schools they attend. You're talking about a situation where Tyus would've been anywhere from 13-15 years old. Surely you don't believe a kid at that age is making any major decisions in his household. I certainly can't answer that question for Alex and his family. There could be many factors that result in kids changing high schools. The tuition at MICDS is quite expensive. (about $17,000...w/ financial aid, the tuition is still usually over 6,000) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Everybody kows that stlfinest is V-time, right. Guess he is going to try to say that he has been posting as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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