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New York Scouts
Frank was the first scout hired to launch the New York site for Prep Hoops. He came to Prep Hoops after serving as an assistant varsity coach at Half Hollow Hills East , St Anthony’s and Deer Park high school on Long Island. He helped these schools in 8 years to get to 1 county final at Deer Park in his only season there, a league title at Hills East and 2 quarterfinal appearances in the county playoffs in both years there. In 2005 he was an assistant at St Anthony’s on Long Island where they won a class A State Federation championship. In his 5 years at St. Anthony’s they went to the states 3 out of 5 years. He did some freelance work for New York scout.com as an assistant scout. There he did some of the first reports on Kemba Walker and Tobias Harris as well as many other high major D1 players.
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Tom Keller brings over five year’s worth of basketball experience to Prep Hoops from the scouting service world. ELITE High School Scouting is a regional scouting service that has clients in the NCAA and NBA. After a brief stint with Prep Hoops in 2020, Tom has now been contributing to the site since 2024. Unlike most scouts, there are no boundaries for Tom’s coverage — you can find him in the gym from the western half of Ohio all the way up to the New England area, sometimes all in the span of one week.
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Ari Rosenfeld is a highly-respected scout who has been embedded in the grassroots scene in the Mid Atlantic and nationally for over a decade. Starting out in his native Philadelphia region with City of Basketball Love and later co-founding the Delaware Valley Hoops Report, Ari has spent the past five years spanning the country for his nationally-renowned scouting service, ELITE High School Scouting. A graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications, Ari is eager to combine his basketball expertise with his skill and experience in writing to shine a light on prospects across the country.
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