Recruiting Report: Dondre Palmer (2018)

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Pickerington North’s 6-foot-4 small forward<strong> Dondre Palmer</strong> is continuing to hear from low-major Division I and Division II programs as he heads into his 16U summer. </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“I have a bunch of letters and questionnaires for like; Miami (Ohio), Ashland, Findlay, St. Francis, I’ve received some interest from High Point, and that’s all I can think of,” said Palmer. </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s pretty much just letters for now. I’m trying to set up where I can go to an Ohio game or practice, but I need to set that up when I’m not as busy.”</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">The versatile 2018 wing is hoping that he can pick up some offers this summer, but knows he still has some time for everything to materialize. </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“I just hope that before the summer is over I can receive an offer from some school; Division I, Division II, and then just keep building up on that.”</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">He mentioned to </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">PHO</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> what it is he’s really been working on to improve his skill-set.  </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’ve been really, really trying to improve on rebounding and stuff, and throughout the course of my sophomore season at Pickerington North I did that -- I was rebounding a lot more,” said Palmer. “And then my one-dribble and two-dribble pull-up I improved on that over the year. And finishing through contact has definitely been a big thing I improved from last year to this year,”</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">As a sophomore with the Tigers, Palmer came off the bench as the sixth-man, he says he was an energy guy, and more. </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“My role on that team was to just come off the bench and be a spark, mostly just a role player -- bring energy to the table and all that kind of stuff,” said Palmer, who now heads into his 16U summer.</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">He has a little bit of his own agenda for his summer months though, and while others are focusing on grassroots ball, Palmer is focusing on his individual workouts.</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“For the summer I’m going to be doing 6 AM to 8 AM workouts Monday through Thursday, and I’m going to hope to improve my ball-handling and one-on-one moves -- stuff like that,” said Palmer who says he may play with Nova Village this summer too. </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400;">“And I’m going to do some weight-training and try and gain 15 pounds before the season starts. So my main goals are ball-handling, try to become a guard, and weight-training, just trying to bulk-up.”</span>