Recruiting Report: Connor Walsh (2017)

<h2>July 30, 2015</h2><p>The future looks bright for Glenelg Country 2017 <strong>Connor Walsh.</strong></p> <p>The 6-foot-3 shooting guard spent his summer playing on the EYBL circuit, and has parlayed that exposure into Ivy League interest, and the interest is mutual for the cerebral guard.</p> <p>“The biggest interest I’ve received is from Princeton. I went down to their elite camp and they didn&#39;t really know me before that, but I played really well, probably the best ball I&#39;ve played this summer. I talked with a couple of their coaches and they said they really liked my game and they’d be following me. And then I got invited back to Princeton again and had another very nice showing there,” said Walsh, who is set to visit two additional Ivy League campuses this weekend.</p> <p>“I’m going to visit Yale this weekend, and then next weekend Penn, so I’m really interested in the Ivy League schools. And then a couple of D3s; Vassar College, York College and Lycoming have been talking to me as well. Another D1 school watching me is George Washington, last year I was invited to a game after they watched me play.”</p> <p>Princeton though, left quite the impression on the talented guard, and he was eager to talk about the Tigers and their staff.</p> <p>“I really enjoyed Princeton, it’s just a beautiful campus and the coaches said some really nice things to me that made me feel real good. I feel like it’ll be a similar effect this weekend with Yale and UPenn.”</p> <p>With his 16U season recently wrapping up, he says the experience of playing in the EYBL with Maryland 3D was one to remember.</p> <p>“I went to try out for them and made the team and I had a really good experience with them playing in the EYBL this year. It was amazing, I think we belonged there -- even though we only won one game, the atmosphere was incredible, we lost a lot of close games.”</p> <p>Walsh says his best skill is shooting the ball, but has been working to improve his ball-handling, and his defense.</p> <p>“Definitely shooting the ball is one of my strengths, I feel like I have very good range and I shot a good percentage from 3 this year,” he said. “And I’m learning to become more of a ball-handler and I think my defense is a strength, I’ve really worked on that and I feel confident in that too.”</p> <p>As he embarks on his upperclassman years at Glenelg Country, he says retaining his starting spot, and becoming a consistent scorer are his goals.</p> <p>“Last year I didn&#39;t start at the beginning of the year, but I was starting towards the end, so I hope to fill that starting role again,” said Walsh. “I hope to be a reliable scorer for the team and hopefully average anywhere between 13 and 16 points, and really help the team that way.”</p>