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Arkansas, USC making early headway with Jason Crowe Jr.

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2 years ago

July 31, 2024

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Jason Crowe Jr

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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Jason Crowe Jr. has long been a buzzed-about name in college coaching circles and continued to collect scholarship offers this summer while avoiding 10 PPG and 4.1 APG for Team WhyNoty on the EYBL circuit. Rivals caught up with Crowe following one of his games at Peach Jam to discuss his college options, visit plans and what could be next in his process.

ON CALLS HE GOT WHEN THE CONTACT PERIOD OPENED ON JUNE 15

“June 15 was fun, but I didn’t; get any calls at midnight. I didn’t get any until the morning. They made me stay up because I thought I was going to be getting calls at midnight. That didn’t happen but it’s all good. I’m just taking it all in and going one day at a time.”

ON SCHOOLS IN MOST FREQUENT CONTACT SINCE THE 15th

“It’s been mostly John Calipari and Eric Musselman from Arkansas and USC. Some others, too, but mostly them.”

ON ARKANSAS

“I feel like I’m wanted at Arkansas. Calipari is always rooting for me. He comes and supports me. He’s been talking to me or calling me after most of my games. I feel like that’s good.”

ON USC

“Eric Mussleman is really interested in helping me, and I like that. He tells me to play confident. In my first game at Peach Jam, I started off a little shaky. After that, we talked and went through the box score and talked about the things I could be doing to improve. He wants nothing but good for me, and that’s great.”

ON VISITS HE HOPES TO TAKE DOWN THE ROAD

“Probably Miami and Arkansas for sure. I’m probably going to visit USC and UCLA, toom but that’s really it so far.”

RIVALS REACTION: UCLA has long been seen as a major player for Crowe and some would tell you the Bruins were, at least at one point, the clear leader. That said, there’s also a strong chance that the five-star ends up playing professionally overseas following his high school career. Schools such as Arkansas, Miami and USC are obviously also worth watching closely. Crowe’s recruitment is fickle at the moment and could go in a number of different directions over the course of the coming year.

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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4 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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