Newcomer of the Year Candidate: Jaden Springer
PrepHoopsNC #3 2020 Jaden Springer One of the top prospects in the country for the 2020 class will be playing for Jermaine Walker at Rocky River High School outside of Charlotte this season. 6’4 freshman Jaden Springer has been a…
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Continue ReadingOne of the top prospects in the country for the 2020 class will be playing for Jermaine Walker at Rocky River High School outside of Charlotte this season. 6’4 freshman Jaden Springer has been a national name on the travel circuit for a few years now and he is considered by many to be a recruit to keep an eye on.
Ranked #3 in PrepHoopsNC’s 2020 rankings, Springer is a slashing scorer, has great court-vision, can score from all three layers on the floor, can finish through contact, has the ability to create off the dribble, at at a young age possesses a high basketball IQ. A natural shooting guard, Springer averaged 19 points per game this past season as an eighth grader at Lighthouse Christian in Tennessee.
Springer has been on the national radar this summer when he participated in the Under Armour Next game which was part of the Elite 24 showcase in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was named MVP for his team after putting up eight points and nine rebounds to for his team. He was selected to the USA Basketball Junior National Team Mini-camp roster in Colorado recently along with some of the top players in the country. He was named MVP of the Fab Frosh All American Camp held in Atlanta over the summer and has been on the Nike EYBL circuit playing up a age bracket on the 15u level with the We All Can Go All Stars. He poured in 28 points against Team CP3, the defending champions.
At Rocky River High School, Springer will team up with talented sophomore Raquan Brown, who averaged nearly 13 points per game this past season. The future is bright for Head Coach Jermaine Walker with the talented young players on the roster that will look to better the 10-16 overall record they had last season.