Prospect Spotlight: Reagan Lundeen (2018)
Santa Ana Mater Dei forward Reagan Lundeen entered the summer before his senior season with a challenge issued by his high school coaches: Work on that perimeter skill set.
Lundeen, known as an athletic slasher who finishes above the rim at 6-feet-6, has taken that test to heart.
“I’ve been in the gym almost every day working on pull-up jumpers, spot shots, 3-pointers and transition shots,” he noted. “I have to become a better shooter to open up the floor for other guys. I’m working on my floor game. Spacing the floor and making the transition into being a real wing.”
The class of 2018 prospect has been a three-year glue-guy at the highest level of high school basketball as a player who comes up with a timely bucket or rebound, but the Monarchs coaching staff needs more from Lundeen this season.
Reagan Lundeen was challenged by his Mater Dei coaches to transition into more of a true wing player.“I’ve always been a pretty good inside player,” he said. “But they’ve really stressed being able to knock down the open shot so guys don’t just tag off of me and focus on other guys on defense.”
Lundeen was at the West Coast Elite End of Summer Camp Sunday at El Camino College where he made sure to put his individual training into a game speed environment, which helps breed confidence.
“The camp definitely helps me see where I’m at,” he said. “I’ve just been doing drills on my own, and being able to come out do it against other guys, it helps my confidence. I think I’m capable of doing things off the dribble, it’s just me actually trying to do them. I’m feeling a lot more comfortable.”
Lundeen has heard from a variety of different college coaches about his ability to play at the next level, ranging from Division II to Division I interest.
“My recruitment has been kind of slow,” he said. “I’ve been talking to a few schools here and there like UC San Diego, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State East Bay, New Hampshire and Air Force.”
The senior-to-be says that the coaches he’s spoken to are impressed with his intangibles and readiness to contribute at the collegiate level.
“They like my aggressiveness,” he said. “Being able to rebound at my spot, and coming from a school like Mater Dei, I know some things that other high schools don’t teach, so that makes it an easier transition to the college level.