Recruiting Report: Ben Juhl (2017)

<h2>September 10, 2015</h2><p>Des Moines Christian combo-guard <strong>Ben Juhl </strong>was just one of the many now juniors who starred with Kingdom Hoops’ 16U Elite squad this offseason.</p> <p>Many of the players on that ultra-successful team have seen their recruitment soar, Juhl is no exception.</p> <p>“One D1 school, South Dakota, has sent me a couple letters. And then a lot of D2; Cedarville, California-San Diego, Delta State. And then Central has sent me a lot of letters, also Luther, Grand View, and Upper Iowa,” said the 6-foot 2017.</p> <p>“I’d say Cedarville and Delta State have shown the most interest so far.”</p> <p>While playing with Kingdom Hoops, Juhl says he even surprised himself at well he performed at times.</p> <p>“I thought what I did well was contributing right away. And I just kept being more aggressive, and it was kind of surprising how much I was scoring when we were winning those big games,” he said. “I also got a lot stronger, but my main improvements were my confidence and being more aggressive.”</p> <p>Juhl says right now he’d consider himself more a shooting guard, but this upcoming season with the Lions, he’ll be playing more point guard.</p> <p>“I’d say my strength is getting to the basket and my pull-up jumper. Coach (John) Lamb he loves my pull-up jumper, he says I can pretty much do it on anybody that’s guarding me, he likes it that I elevate pretty high. I like to score and get other people involved, and that’s about it,” said Juhl.</p> <p>“I’d have to say finishing on the right side as good as I do on the left, and just being able to go easily to both sides is something I need to improve on.”</p> <p>As he gets set for his junior season, Juhl says he and senior Keaton Van Soelen will lead the team together.</p> <p>“I’d say I have a much bigger leadership role, as well as scoring,” said Juhl. “Me and Keaton we’re both working, and we’re both going to be scoring a lot, and really leading on and off the court for the team.”</p>