4/3 Forwards
BRANCH WEST
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Combo Forward

Adam is a committed athlete who has made major strides.\ this summer.  Adam moved into the starting line up mid year and finished up averaging 10 ppg, but an outstanding 10 rebs/g per game.  He is a good shooter with range who can drive and get his own jumper off the dribble.  He has become a solid defender as well.  He is a 3.93 gpa student and so should be looked at by all high academic D3 programs.  Highly coachable and outstanding young man.

Adam Dunn
6'6 Service H.S.
Anchorage, AK


Outstanding Combo Forward

Brett is a scorer both inside and out. He is a superb 3 point shooter who in 1 summer AAU game last July at the adidas big time tournament in Las Vegas had 7 three pointers in the 4th quarter. He also is an excellent scorer in the low post with his back to the basket. He has a 3.8 gpa, and a 22 ACT score. He will have an official visit at Colgate the weekend of April 12th. He is a superb low major combo forward.

Brett McGee
6'6" Putnam City N. H.S.
Oklahoma City, OK
 
Josh Kramer
6'8" Torrey Pines H.S
Encinatas, CA

Combo forward

Josh is a coach’s dream as both a player and a person. He is one of the soundest, smartest athletes I have ever coached. He lets the game come to him. Has good all around ability and skills, but plays within himself. He is a first class perimeter shooter. He can drive and post up and is an effective finisher going to the basket. He is a mature defender both inside and out and a very good defensive rebounder. He is a first class mid major D1 prospect, who is ready to step in and play as a freshman and will not hold a team back from getting to the NCAA Tournament if you are good enough at the other positions. He is a major league complimentary or blend forward.

Josh Kramer on the other hand is a solid mid major 3 man who unfortunately has played mostly a #4 man who can step out and hit threes both for Torrey Pines H.S. and BWBA Orange. Josh needs be recruited as true 3, as a face in the basket big wing. He has all the tools, experience and excellent perimeter decision making already, and needs nothing to be able step in and be a 4 year starter in college. John Olive, his high school coach at Torrey Pines, and the former coach at Loyola Marymount, is one of the best high school coaches in the country,. Between playing for John Olive and Bob Gottlieb, a former head coach at the NCAA D1 level with over 100 wins, at that level, and Josh Kramer's basic superb basketball instincts and decision making, Josh is as ready to play as any youngster I've ever coached.

Coaches have questioned whether or not he could guard a 3. My opinion is that is garbage. In the 1st place he has superb footwork and is extremely smart and sound defensively, and with good team defense he should not have defensive problems. Nobody guards his man on the perimeter "on an island", so to speak. Secondly, Josh was a very tired athlete throughout most of the tournaments. He played approximately 40 games with his high school team and then went to the West Coast All Star Camp and the very next day began playing in the Full Court Press Tournament. In between the Full Court Press Tournament and the adidas Big Time Tournament in Vegas, his high school team played in the UCSD team camp, so he really never had a chance to rest or get his legs back, until he had 2 days off after the end of the adidas Big Time Tournament.

First class defensive rebounder

Todd is a first class defensive rebounder with very good hands, timing, and toughness. He also is an extremely fine perimeter shooter with excellent range. Todd has been working very diligently with Marv Marinovich and has become a very athletic  combo forward who can play both inside and out. He is a first rate perimeter shooter with excellent range and a very good ballhandler in transition.  Todd has a 3.58 gpa with a 1000 SAT score.  He was chosen top 20 at the first West Coast All Star Camp run by the Pump brothers.  Todd is an excellent low major D1 prospect.

Todd Martin
6'7 Upland H.S
Upland, CA

Big strong physical forward

David is a strong, physical power forward type. He is a very good rebounder and has a tenaciousness about him, in and around the basket. He also is a very good post to medium range jump shooter, and a solid student to boot. Should be looked at by all D2, D3 and NAIA programs. He and Derek Rasp on BWBA Red are an outstanding one, two punch at Camarillo. Former BWBA Red and Camarillo H.S. standout, 6’6” Jared Jungwirth, started and made All League Freshman for Cal State Monterey Bay this past year.  David ave 15 ppg as a junior including 6 rebs/g shooting 35% from 3 point range.

David Reichel
6'6" Camarillo H.S
Camarillo, CA

Combo forward

In my search for athletes to fill out BWBA Purple, I came up with a tremendous sleeper in Ralph Williams. Ralph is an undersized power forward deluxe, virtually unstoppable in the low post as a scorer. He has the innate ability to get a quality shot in the post, any time he wants. He is strong and supple, knows how to feel the defense and use his body, has long arms and a feathery touch. What level can he play. Who knows? Can he convert to the perimeter? Would you believe he has a 3.5 gpa and his coach says he is a great kid.

Ralph Williams
6'5" Vista H.S
Vista, CA

Outstanding Junior

Marcus played off the bench, behind Long Beach Poly’s outstanding front line.  For BWBA, he has averaged over 20 ppg and has become one of the Southland's top rising juniors.  Marcus is a very good rebounder on both boards and plays with a ferociousness around the basket that belies his age.  He just recently turned  16 years old this August.   He has become a go to scorer in the low post and is beginning to add perimeter skills and experience to his game.  Marcus has a very bright future if he can sustain his hungriness to learn and  improve.

 

Marcus Lewis
6'7" L.B. Poly H.S
Long Beach, CA
 
   
Small Forward

Chris had an excellent summer with BWBA Team Alaska and was liked by most every one who saw him play.  Chris is being heavily recruited by most Big West, WCC and Big Sky schools, esprecially Montana State, where his older brother will walk on from junior college.  Oklahoma State, Arizona State, San Diego State, Utah and Stanford have also shown major interest, but it will be interesting to see which of those mid and hi majors actually offer.    Samford, Boise State will also offer.  Chris has excellent basketball instincts and knows how to play.  He is not a go to scorer but is an outstanding athlete, an exceptional offensive rebounder,  very good open court player, a pretty good shooter and a stopper defensively.  He also has a 3.6 gpa and is a terrific young man.  He is the kind of player who may score 12-15 pts. in a game, but be the MVP of the game.

Committed to UC Santa Barbara

Chris Devine
6'8 Chugiak H.S
Eagle River, AK
 
   

D2 Prospect

Been in BWBA Developmental and AAU program for 2 years and will be well recruited at the D2 and D3 levels.

Justin Hynes
6'7" Upland H.S.
Upland, CA
 

Combo Forward

Todd is an extremely strong and explosive athlete. he has superior athleticism and likes to take it to the rack. A tremendous slasher type. He has a 3;25 gpa and an SAT score of 880.

Todd Lemaster
6'4" Durango H.S.
Las Vegas, NV