Recruiting Report: Johnny Supple (2018)
An intriguing 6-foot-3 wing from Cascade, 2018 Johnny Supple has had plenty of experience in the past while playing with the Barnstormers and two state-qualifying Cougar teams.
Now the junior-to-be is entering a new phase of his career, with a new grassroots team, and a new, more prominent role with his high school team.
Though his recruitment has been pretty slow so far, he’s hoping, with some exposure this summer, that it will start to take shape soon.
“I’ve seen a few letters, just from a D3 school. I don’t have a ton of interest yet, but hopefully more will come. I’ve gotten mail from Central and that’s about it,” said Supple.
“I think exposure is the biggest thing for me, with AAU, or even with my high school team. I know I just need to continue to get exposure and that recruitment will come.”
A rangy guard with nice height, Supple is a quintessential wing, able to take his man off the dribble, or knock in a triple. He defined his playing style to PHI.
“I’m kind of a guard and a forward, I can play a little bit of both. I’m pretty fast and I have a quick first step to the hoop. I need to work on my handles and my shot a little bit more — you can never work on that too much. And I also view myself as a pretty good defender as well, I take defense pretty seriously,” said Supple, who was a starter last season on a Cascade team that was runner-up at the state tournament.
“We had some really good players on our team, so I wasn’t necessarily the go-to guy or anything like that. I was more of a role-player kind of. But I still got a chance to make some plays, and my coach did a really good job with that. All-in-all it was a good season and it was great from the experience side of things, because I’ll be looking to lead the team next year.”
In the meantime, Supple is playing with Tri State Steam, and up-and-coming Dubuque-based grassroots program.
“It was just a good feel for me I thought, and I have an opportunity to play with one of my younger high school teammates,” said Supple.
“We’re not necessarily a power or anything like that, most of the kids on the team live within 45 minutes of each other. We’re trying to make a name for ourselves, I know our 17U team is doing that, and they have two 16U kids playing up who are really good, so we’ll be really good next year I think.”