Recruiting Report: Kayden Sund (2017)
Many players on the Colorado Chaos 17s D1 Ambassadors team have been playing together for quite some time. But a new piece to the group this season has had no problem fitting into the puzzle. Kayden Sund, a 6-6 2017…
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Continue ReadingMany players on the Colorado Chaos 17s D1 Ambassadors team have been playing together for quite some time. But a new piece to the group this season has had no problem fitting into the puzzle.
Kayden Sund, a 6-6 2017 small forward from Golden High School, has turned heads with his play this spring, serving as a basketball Swiss Army Knife who serves multiple purposes on the floor.
“He’s had some great moments this spring,” Chaos director Dave Matthews said. “Very consistent and a big-time stock booster.”
Sund really began gaining some attention during a strong junior season at Golden, when he averaged a team-high 13.9 points per game for a team that went 14-1 in the vaunted 4A JeffCo League.
Playing with and against mostly players from the upper echelon of Colorado’s 5A level this spring, not to mention some of the best players around the country on the adidas Gauntlet circuit, Sund certainly looked like he belonged. He’s fluid, with the ability to play multiple positions, can score at all three levels and has a very high IQ for the game. He’s decently athletic and can cause problems with his length.
Sund said he has learned a lot by being surrounded this spring by strong players, including the reigning Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year, Colbey Ross.
“I think that ultimately made me better,” he said, adding that he has worked especially hard on being a consistent and assertive rebounder. “It’s just a great group of guys, and we’re always just pushing each other to get better. We’re super competitive and I think that’s something I can really take back with me to my high school season.”
Sund’s play has helped him garner some recruiting attention from several RMAC schools and Emporia State, as well as a number of NAIA schools. Sund, whose father played college basketball for San Diego State and the University of Denver, is confident he can become a solid Division II player, but he is staying very humble about the process.
“I know I have a long way to go,” he said. “I think I definitely just have to get bigger, faster and then stronger. Just playing against some of these teams on the adidas Gauntlet, and even against some of these Hawks and Billups teams, those kids are freaks. I think I can definitely hang, but I also know I need to work on getting stronger and faster.”
Sund, who is playing with Chaos this weekend at The Hoop Memorial Classic in Salem, Ore., this weekend, is also a high-academic student-athlete who carries a 3.7 GPA and a 28 on his ACT.
Needless to say, there is a bright future in store for this rising forward.