Recruiting Report: Logan Sendle (2017)
The AAU season is extremely important for high school basketball players. It’s even more important for small-school players. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown point guard Logan Sendle missed the AAU season recovering from a torn meniscus, so he’ll have to make up for lost…
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Continue ReadingThe AAU season is extremely important for high school basketball players. It’s even more important for small-school players. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown point guard Logan Sendle missed the AAU season recovering from a torn meniscus, so he’ll have to make up for lost time with a big senior season.
Sendle tore his meniscus near the end of the high school season in February and finished the year playing through limited movement and a lot of pain. He would’ve played Minnesota Select-Ellis over the spring and summer had he not needed surgery.
Sendle put that time away to good use though, as he lifted weights and rehabbed.
With less than a month to go until the basketball season starts up, Sendle said his knee is feeling better than ever.
“It’s really really good,” said Sendle. “I’ve been working hard to get my speed back, trained this summer and did physical therapy in Faribault and I’m feeling better than I was.”
Sendle’s put on 20 pounds since his junior year and he said the added size and strength is going to help him immensely this upcoming year for the Buccaneers.
“I think defensively it’ll be a big help with guarding bigger players,” said Sendle. “Being able to keep people out of the paint on that end and finishing around the rim a little better too.”
For a very good WEM team a year ago, Sendle was the definition of floor general. He took just five shots per game, averaging six points and five assists as the Buccaneers fed Zac Olson and several other good scorers. His biggest impact came on the defensive end where head coach Jeff Wagner said he’s one of the best on-ball defenders he’s coached. He’s extremely aggressive defensively, harassing whoever he’s guarding full-court and while WEM played just six players a year ago, Sendle did a good job staying out of foul trouble.
With three of the Bucs’ top six players gone to graduation and Olson out until maybe January, Sendle will take on a much larger role as a scorer in his senior year.
“I’m going to have to pick up some scoring and that’s fine with me,” said Sendle. “I played a different role last year. I’ll do anything I can to win. I’ve been focusing on getting better as an outside shooter.”
Without an AAU season’s worth of exposure to college coaches, Sendle doesn’t have as many schools recruiting him as he would’ve otherwise. He said the schools recruiting him the most are the Milwaukee School of Engineering and an NAIA school from New York. He’s a kid who can play at the college level though and he’s hoping he can garner some more interest this upcoming season.
“Losing AAU is going to hurt me, I know that,” said Sendle. “Not getting that exposure. I think I can make up for it this season. I’ll go anywhere that will give me a chance to play. I just want to play.”