Hutch Ward
Hutch Ward
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Scott Hankamp | Prep Hoops Scout
You know you’re talented when you have a title. Enter “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion” and “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″. Ward is a stellar floor stretching 4 that can absolutely catch fire from behind the arc. If the defense steps out too much on his shot or closes out too hard, he can put it on the floor and finish at the rim with power. Get ready for “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: The College Years”.
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This is around the time when “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion” began last year. It really hasn’t stopped. That’s how we got to “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″. Ward can shoot this team to a state championship. Especially when combined with some fellow stars like Jones and Spybrook by his side.
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Let’s be real. You don’t go from a pretty good floor stretching 4 to cream of the crop and a Mr. Basketball contender without putting in the work. Any young man that will grind like that has to be considered coachable. “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″ is made possible by a young man soaking up knowledge of the game.
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“The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″ has been a terrific feature show so far this season. I’ll be honest, I think he probably deserves a seat at the final table for the Michigan Mr. Basketball award. He’s been his Hutch self this season – finishing at the rim and lighting up the scoreboard with his jumper. And most importantly, winning.
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When your play earns you a tile name like “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion” and “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″, you have to be playing really good basketball. In what seemed like no time, Ward went from a streaky shooter and floor stretcher to a rocket launcher of a sniper and a ferocious finisher. His clib in 2022 was miraculous.
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The show continues with “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion: Part 2″. It didn’t really matter how man defenders were sent at him in the game, Ward was going to get his. He started the game doing work down low and quickly moved his game to the outside. Ward was comfortable everywhere offensively, but did particularly great work off the baseline. He’s one of the best catch and shoot 3 point snipers in the state. Ward’s game looks incredibly transferrable to the next level.
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A year ago, who would have thought that Ward would be this high, or even on, this list. Hutch himself and Coach John Strong is probably about it. Man were they right. We all saw “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion”. It’s been a thing of beauty. If he keeps playing the explosive shooting and nasty finishing style of game that he’s been playing, he should have a seat at the table of finalists.
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This one seems obvious. If you get your own title (The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion), than I’m pretty happy to get to see you play. Ward was terrific all spring and summer, shooting at a high clip and finishing with force at the rim.
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Last year was “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion”. For his senior season, I’m taking requests as to the title. All of that aside, Ward has turned into a premier prospect and a key piece in what could very well end up as one of the best recruiting classes that Wayne State has ever seen. They have a group of players coming in that I’d be excited about at a D1 level. Ward is an elite shooter that can bury a triple from anywhere across the arc and can do it even with a hand in his face.
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There has been a lot written about “The
Hutch Ward
Hutch
Ward
6'8" | PF
Kalamazoo Central | 2023
State
MI
Explosion” since his elevated play in the state tournament last season. Ward went from a pretty good shooter at the 4, to a lights out sniper from behind the arc. He also added a lot of nastiness on his finishes at the rim. Ward has become an elite prospect driven by his play with the Michigan Cagers on the Prep Hoops Circuit.
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