Recruiting Update: Connor Essegian Decision & More

<p>We just had an update on Tuesday night, but a lot has happened in the last 24 hours here in Indiana. Let’s dive right in to what has been going on in the recruiting world.</p> <p>Most notably, [player_tooltip player_id="769682" first="Connor" last="Essegian"] (Central Noble H.S. 2022) made his college commitment at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening in his high school gymnasium. The 6’4" sharpshooter chose the Wisconsin Badgers over Minnesota, Butler, Purdue Fort Wayne, Loyola, Creighton, and Wake Forest. Essegian averaged 24 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists as a junior at Central Noble. He is already the school’s all-time leading scorer as well with 1705 points. He will spend much of his senior season climbing the state’s all-time scoring list. Ranked as a 3-star shooting guard by 247Sports, Essegian is ranked #7 in the Class of 2022 by Prep Hoops Indiana.</p> <p>Heading into the month of June, Essegian held just four offers. By the time the recruiting calendar ended in July he had accumulated 25+ scholarship offers. The rise in recruitment also saw the high-majors come calling. He took an official visit to Wake Forest the last weekend in August and followed it up with his official visit to Wisconsin. At that point, his commitment date was announced which certainly led many to speculate that things were looking good for the Badgers.</p> <p>Not to be out done by his teammate, [player_tooltip player_id="870256" first="Logan" last="Gard"] (Central Noble H.S. 2022) slid in his college choice a day earlier on Tuesday night. The 6’6" power forward, who is ranked #135 in the class of Prep Hoops Indiana, chose to further his academic and athletic career at Trine. He is a mobile, high-upside post that should develop into a nice player for the DIII program that is consistently competing at the top of the MIAA.</p> <p>In other news...</p> <ul> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="1063976" first="Mason" last="Baker"] (Columbia City H.S. 2022) picked up an offer from Concordia (MI) after visiting the school on Wednesday.</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="1269901" first="Kenney" last="Troutman"] (Ben Daivs H.S. 2022) added an opportunity to play at DIII Illinois Tech.</li> <li>[player_tooltip player_id="868259" first="Joey" last="Brown"] (North Central H.S. 2023) announced unofficial visits to Xavier on 9/24, Ohio State on 9/25, and Indiana for Hoosier Hysteria on 10/2.</li> <li>Western Michigan was in to watch [player_tooltip player_id="868220" first="Ashton" last="Williamson"] (Gary 21st Century H.S. 2023) at Tuesday evening’s open gym.</li> <li>Valparaiso and Ball State were in on Tuesday to check out [player_tooltip player_id="868239" first="Cooper" last="Farrall"] (Culver Academy 2023).</li> <li>Illinois and Southern Illinois are expected to check out [player_tooltip player_id="868228" first="Jermaine" last="Coleman"] (Park Tudor H.S. 2023) at Thursday’s open gym. He is a guy who could experience a blow up in recruitment over the coming months.</li> </ul>