Facebook
Fark
Digg
Reddit
Stumbleprep recruiting:
Findlay Prep guard Nick Johnson picks Arizona
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 | 7:10 p.m.
Nick Johnson of Findlay Prep, shown practicing last winter, verbally committed to the University of Arizona basketball program.
Findlay Prep guard Nick Johnson has verbally committed to the University of Arizona basketball program.
Johnson, who is from Gilbert, Ariz., averaged 14.2 points and 3.6 assists per game for Findlay last winter. The nationally ranked program, which is housed in Henderson, won a second straight ESPN Rise national title.
The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Johnson is ranked as the nation’s No. 45 overall prospect by recruiting website Rivals.com. The four-star recruit is the nation’s No. 13-rated shooting guard.
Johnson picked Arizona over eight other scholarship offers, including Louisville, Kentucky and Arizona State. Verbal commitments are non-binding.
Discussion: comments so far…
Comments are moderated by Las Vegas Sun editors. Our goal is not to limit the discussion, but rather to elevate it. Comments should be relevant and contain no abusive language. Comments that are off-topic, vulgar, profane or include personal attacks will be removed. Full comments policy. Additionally, we now display comments from trusted commenters by default. Those wishing to become a trusted commenter need to verify their identity or sign in with Facebook Connect to tie their Facebook account to their Las Vegas Sun account. For more on this change, read our story about how it works and why we did it.
Only trusted comments are displayed on this page. Untrusted comments have expired from this story.
No trusted comments have been posted.
Post a comment
Most Popular
- Viewed
- Discussed
- E-mailed
- UNLV can move forward without the burden of losing streak to San Diego State
- A wife’s wisdom shows birth control issue needn’t be divisive
- UNLV makes key plays down stretch to hold off San Diego State 65-63
- Surprise links, negotiated deals addressed by commissioners
- Hope and change and … what’s missing?
- Motorcycle accident claims life of man in northeast valley
- New York mayor has the right idea
- We don’t need a CEO in charge
- Paying our own way
- Country has ‘given’ citizens a lot
Blogs
The Kats Report
Color from scene at Thomas & Mack: We have a wire job! Rebels win, and Louie Armstrong sings!
South Point owner Michael Gaughan's take on 'Vegas Stripped': 'I'll give it an 8' (4 Comments)
Author relishes writing the life story of ‘larger-than-life’ Oscar Goodman (3 Comments)
Elsewhere
Landowner: All roads could lead to Uxbridge casino
Revel reveals smoke-free casino opening
Cirque du Soleil show in Sands China casino to close this month
Meet the woman behind Sheldon Adelson
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Cliff, the "UNLV feeder program" concept isn't working - the best ones keep getting away!! :) LOL
This is really getting frustrating. When is UNLV going to land one or more of the top tier players at Findlay???
I ain't surprise with Nick Johnson. He wants to stay close to home. Oh well Lon Kruger will play Arizona again and smacked them. Just give me Nigel William Goss and I'll be fine. And plus do you want every kid from Findlay to sport the Scarlet and Grey. That would raise a red flag right there from the NCAA's.
Everyone needs to realize that Findlay Prep isn't a feeder program for UNLV. Just think how bad it would look to the NCAA if all of the top players in a high school program financed by one of UNLV's top boosters wound up playing for the Rebels. Plus, former Findlay player Carlos Lopez is going to be a great Rebel.
Cliff should spend his money on Gorman instead of Findlay Prep. Looks like we have a better shot signing Gorman players than we do anyone at Findlay Prep.
But it is getting frustrating and embarrassing to have this much top talent in southern Nevada at the local high schools and at Findlay and Kruger & Co. can't seem to keep the majority of them home to play for UNLV.