Recruiting Insider: October 17, 2010 - October 23, 2010

Catching up with Quinn Cook

Virginia Tech beat writer Mark Giannotto caught up with Quinn Cook, the All-Met Boys' Basketball Player of the Year last season as a junior at DeMatha, on Thursday night in Roanoke. Cook, who now plays for Oak Hill Academy, took the court for his first game since undergoing knee surgery...

By Camille Powell  | October 22, 2010; 4:30 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  DeMatha, Quinn Cook  
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Carroll CB Jabari Thomas commits to Akron

Carroll senior cornerback Jabari Thomas on Friday committed to play for Akron, Lions Coach Rick Houchens said. Thomas, who is 5 feet 11 and 178 pounds, also had scholarship offers from Marshall, Cincinnati and Ohio. But Akron was the first school to show serious interest in Thomas and played a...

By Josh Barr  | October 22, 2010; 4:09 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Akron, Carroll, Football, Jabari Thomas  
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BCS schools high on list of Osbourn's Terrell

Osbourn senior quarterback Dominique Terrell has taken an unofficial visit to Virginia and also plans to visit West Virginia, Louisiana State, Miami (Fla.) and Texas Tech, said his father, Zach Terrell. Terrell plans to take an unofficial visit to WVU this weekend. The other dates have not been arranged. The...

By Preston Williams  | October 21, 2010; 7:04 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Dominique Terrell, Osbourn, Virginia  
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All-Met Olivia Ekponé commits to Texas A&M track

Olivia Ekponé, a senior at Northwest and a two-time All-Met runner of the year, verbally committed to Texas A&M on Tuesday. One of the most sought-after sprinting recruits in the country, she had whittled her list of top schools to three -- Louisiana State, Florida State and Texas A&M --...

By Carl Little  | October 20, 2010; 1:48 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
 
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New Mexico comes calling for Watkins Mill's Upson

Watkins Mill senior wide receiver Daniel Upson received his first scholarship offer this week when New Mexico Coach Mike Locksley came calling. Watkins Mill Coach Joe Rydzewski said last month, after Upson led the Wolverines to a 2-0 start for the first time in a decade, that several schools had...

By Alan Goldenbach  | October 19, 2010; 1:53 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Daniel Upson, Football, New Mexico, Watkins Mill  
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