Hailey Van Lith
Sydney Parrish of Fishers, Indiana, works on her game at the Coach Hemi Showcase in Indianapolis last weekend. *Photo by Larry Rheinhart.
As colleges teams across the country get a break between conference tournaments and the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, in-home visits are seemingly non-stop. Here’s a first coast-to-coast look at some of the news in the recruiting world.
Parrish Full Tilt
Sydney Parrish of Fishers, Indiana, is one of the top prospects in the 2020 class. The 6-foot-1 Gatorade State Player of the Year has become one of the nation’s top shooters with range well beyond the 3-point arc.
Parrish is on tap for six in-home visits this week in addition to Iowa visiting last week. Her lineup this week includes Maryland, Tennessee, Oregon, UCLA, South Carolina and Indiana. She has not set a firm timeline for her commitment but don’t expect to see her process going deep into the fall as she has been active early on with numerous unofficial visits.
Parrish, fresh off winning a state championship was in the gym in Carmel, Indiana at the CoachHemi.com Showcase. She showed way more assertiveness off the dribble and looked way more physical in her style of play than we saw last summer.
Waggoner On Fire
Dontavia Waggoner of Nashville, Tennessee, is in the middle of a busy week as well. The 6-1 wing had Florida on campus earlier this week and has Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech scheduled this week as well. Mississippi State and North Carolina have also been in contact with her.
Waggoner, an explosive and versatile athlete who can play the wing or the forward spots, is rated a four-star recruit and was named state tournament MVP and Miss Basketball in Tennessee TSSAA D2.
Louisville Goes Evergreen
Louisville head coach Jeff Walz was on the recruiting trail in the Northwest. While in the Evergreen State he had in-home visits with Hailey Van Lith of Cashmere, Washington, Dalayah Daniels of Seattle, Washington, and Jordyn Jenkins of Kent, Washington.
Chris Hansen is managing editor of ProspectsNation.com and serves on the McDonald’s All-American and Naismith Trophy selection committees. He was a co-founder of and the national director of scouting for ESPN HoopGurlz from 2005 until 2012 and is the director of the Check Me Out Showcase and ELITE is EARNED events. He can be reached at chris@prospectsnation.com.
