Mid-July Recruiting Notebook

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1259390' first='Rodney' last='Henderson'] III</strong> (Tyner Academy) earned an offer from Columbia State. It is his first. He runs with [program_tooltip program_id='2062495' first='Tennessee' last='Tigers'] 16u.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jordan Hamilton</strong>, former Fayette Ware graduate, earned an offer from UMKC, a D1 program. He played JuCo this past winter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1213165' first='Marcus' last='Gray']</strong> decided upon a college. He verbally committed to Grand Valley State. They offered him first, but he was starting to pull interest from other colleges. Gray is a strong catch-and-shoot threat for St. Benedict's. He might be a college point guard, but his play at the high school level is typically that of a shooting guard. SBA features a couple of other guards who dominate the ball ([player_tooltip player_id='1471799' first='Kylon' last='Jones'], [player_tooltip player_id='1578719' first='Ryan' last='Neely']).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1789005' first='Kavien' last='Jones'] (Battle Ground Academy) verbally committed to Tennessee State University earlier this month.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ohio University offered <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1959160' first='Trey' last='Thompson']</strong> (Greeneville). He is running with Tennessee Impact this month.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Amari Allen</strong> earned an offer from Penn State. Amari used to live in Tennessee and run with BMaze AAU. Penn State is the school that [player_tooltip player_id='1121414' first='Jahvin' last='Carter'] verbally committed to recently.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Johnson University (TN) is pushing hard for <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1381652' first='Taj' last='Kimber']</strong>, <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1381653' first='Denaj' last='Kimber']</strong>, and <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1135401' first='Tyler' last='Lee']</strong>. Johnson University earned signatures of Alex Hyder and Jakeb Davis in the '23 class.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lee University is continuing to evaluate <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1476199' first='Maddux' last='Routh']</strong> (CPA), who had a fantastic Best of the South event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->