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October 12, 2004

Abraham ranked as one of the top ten JUCO players

The Sporting News has ranked Abraham as one of the top ten JUCO prospects in the country. Abraham is getting heavily recruited by South Florida, Towson, Texas Tech, Washington State, Cincinnati, St. Johns, Georgia State, Utah State, Purdue, New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech. He has taken visits to South Florida (October 1-3) and Towson (October 8-10) and may be looking to set up a few more before the early signing period begins November 12.

http://www.sportsonly.com/nb/5565/bin/327.html

October 7, 2004

Point Guard getting looks, setting up visits

Carroll Mitchell pg from Towson Catholic will be making arrangements for some weekend travel in the months of October and November (before early signing begins November 15). Mitchell has been a consistant leader for Towson Catholic and the Baltimore Select team. He is a very unselfish player who can control a team. He is a smart player that has the potential to be the floor general and a scorer. He is currently setting up a visit with the Citadel for the near future and will be setting a few more up with American, Cornell, Lehigh, Georgetown (NAIA) and Lenoir Ryhne. Mitchell has already acheived the scores with a strong GPA and a qualifying SAT score. We will keep you updated on his recruiting.

September 29, 2004

Baltimore Select/Adidas inks deal with three local schools

With the affiliation to Adidas, Baltimore Select has secured sponsorship deals for the 2004-2005 high school season for Aberdeen, McDonogh and Mt. St. Joseph. Negotiations have been in progress with these programs for a few months and just recently details were worked out and the deals are complete. We had the opportunity to support three teams in the area; a possible fourth is being worked on. We look forward to these teams representing the three stripes this upcoming season.

Baltimore Select 16's go 3-1 at Charlie Weber

After cruising through pool play with great play from Donte Green, Malcolm Delaney, Eric Barksdale, Desmond Thomas, Aric Brooks and Ben Goetsch; the team ran into the wall loosing by one point with a missed final shot. The team played well enough to keep it tight with only six players in the first playoof game. With a complete roster, the Select team was looking forward to getting to the finals. Clark Francis from HOOPSCOOP recruiting service's had the following to write about the Select team after there performance at Charlie Weber: "the biggest surprise in the tournament was 6'7 Soph Donte Green from Towson (Catholic) MD, who scored 29 points when we saw him against the Team Maryland 16's. Not only is Green a big time athlete/shot blocker/rebounder, but he reminds us Rudy Gay at the same stage. In other words, we're talking about a killer inside and, if, he grows several more inches and continues to develop his low post moves, we're could be talking about a guy who could play a lot of years in the NBA. Or, if, like Gay, he develops a 3-point shot and perimeter skills, Green really could be become the next Rudy Gay, although he hails from the same high school that originally produced Carmelo Anthony. However, Green wasn't the only good young player on the Baltimore Select team, as 6'2 Soph Malcolm Delaney from Towson (Catholic) MD, 6'6 Jr Ben Goetsch from Baltimore (Gilman) MD, 5'3 Soph Eric Barksdale from Baltimore (Dunbar) MD, and 6'4 Soph Aric Brooks from Baltimore (St. Frances) MD also were worth noting."

www.hoopscooponline.com

September 28, 2004

Baltimore Select 17U and 16U tentative 2005 Schedule is posted!!!!

http://www.baltimoreselect.com/schedule.htm

September 27, 2004

Thomas Update

After taking a visit and talking with the coaching staff, Thomas really enjoyed his visit to Loyola College. He will be setting up visits with Elon, Stony Brook and Norfolk State, but after talking with Thomas, those schools will have to do a great job for him to forget his visit to Loyola. Courtney says that Loyola has everything he is looking for in a school and the fact that everyone will be able to watch him play every home game is a bonus. Loyola also received an oral comittment from a friend of his, Archbishop Spaldings point guard Marquis Sullivan. We will wait and see what happens over the next few weeks, the early signing period begins in mid November.

September 9, 2004

Recruiting is getting heavy for former Select Big Man

Former select big fella, Dennard Abraham (6'9 - 260 pds), will be finishing his second year at South Plains Junior College in Lubbock, Texas. Since the end of last season Dennard has been feelling calls from a few Division 1 coaches looking to get his services. Dennard has to get his list down to 5 schools out of a list that includes South Florida, Cincinnati, Washington State, Purdue, Towson, Georgia State, New Mexico State, Utah State, St. Johns, Louisiana Tech. Dennard has received offers from South Florida, Georgia State, Utah State, Towson and Louisiana Tech. He has set up an official visit with South Florida for the first weekend in October. He has not comitted to signing during the early period, he will weigh all his options to find the best fit for his needs academically and athletically.

September 8, 2004

Thomas sets up visit for September 10-11

Mt. St. Joe rising senior has set up his first official visit for September 10th and 11th. Courtney will be staying home for the visit with hometown favorite, Loyola College this weekend. Thomas has received an offer from Norfolk State, and will be looking to set up visits with four other schools that include Univ. of New Hampshire, University of Albany, Elon College and Stoney Brook over the next few weeks. Congratulations Courtney.

September 6, 2004

Attention all Baltimore Select Juniors and Seniors....

Downtown Locker Room and Timberland are teaming up to conduct a day of service at Sharp Leadenhall Elementary School in Baltimore City on September 18, 2004 from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm. If you are a junior or senior looking to earn 10 hours of Community Service time towards graduation, come out and participate in this day of service. There will be food, entertainment and a rolling display showroom of new Timberland product arriving at your local Locker Room locations this fall.

We are looking for 15-25 ballers to come up a help improve the playground and park area at Sharp Leadenhall Elementary. Go www.communitybuilderstour.com for more information and to register the first 25 kids, you should contact Coach Jeff via email.

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