Prospect Spotlight: Hosea Treadwell (2019)
Last season, Hoover's Hosea Treadwell was unable to play due to a leg injury. This season, he's out to prove that he's one of the more underrated guards in Iowa.
Despite not playing at all as a sophomore, Treadwell used an impressive comeback summer with Kingdom Hoops Elite 16U to showcase himself. And caught the eye of a couple Division I programs in the process.
“This summer, I heard from Air Force, that's it. They called me,” said Treadwell.
“And I heard that South Dakota asked about me, but they haven't reached out to me.”
He played varsity as a freshman at Hoover, which is a feat in itself. And averaged 4.5 points per game in 22 games. He was known as a shooter then, but now, as he heads into his junior season, says he's diversified his skill-set.
“I'm labeled as a shooter to most, and I feel like my shooting ability breaks open my game to go to the basket and get my teammates involved,” said Treadwell.
“I feel like I need to work on being more explosive and playing above the rim, and my quickness and jumping ability.”
He excelled this spring and summer playing with Kingdom Hoops Elite 16U. And by summer's end, he was playing his best ball.
“This summer, at the beginning, I started off slow. But towards the end we started to learn our role and we all got better,” said Treadwell.
“I thought I got more explosive, kind of. And I was scoring well, defending well and passing well, and whatever the team needed. I was the go-to guy towards the end of the summer.”
It was a meniscus and ACL injury that kept him out for his sophomore season at Hoover. But he'll be back at full strength this season.
“This year I'll have a major role. I'll be one of the main scorers and I'll have to play good defense. If I don't play defense, we're not going to be very good,” said Treadwell.
Strangely, Nick Johnson, who would have been another key player for the Huskies, sat out last season -- his junior year -- with an ACL injury.
Treadwell and Johnson kept each other in check throughout the recovery process, and both will play major roles for the Huskies this season.
“Me and Nick had to make sure we were both doing our physical therapy every day, maybe even twice a day,” said Treadwell. “And still to this day, we still do our physical therapy and make sure we stretch before we get up and down. We'll both have to play well this season to be successful.”
With key pieces like Kenny Quinn and Devonte Thedford back for Hoover, as swell as the re-emergence of Treadwell and a potential breakout season for Johnson, Hoover could surprise a lot of people this winter.
They check in at No. 10 in our Way Too Early 4A Rankings. Too low, if you ask Treadwell.
“We have very high expectations. We're not satisfied with where we're ranked, so we'll be playing with a chip on our shoulders this season,” said Treadwell. “We should shock a lot of people this season.”
