Boateng looking hard at Arkansas

ESPN 4-star prospect and College of Arkansas 2024 males’s basketball goal Annor Boateng made an unofficial go to to Fayetteville for the second time this summer season Thursday.

He referred to as the go to “very organized.”

“As quickly as I received there, they welcomed me,” Boateng stated. “They introduced me in and launched me to the power coach, the trainers and so they confirmed me across the facility They even had a presentation set as much as present I match their enjoying fashion and even talked about among the accolades they’ve acquired through the years.”

Boateng, 6-5, 203 kilos, of Little Rock Central, has scholarship gives from Arkansas, LSU, TCU, Auburn, Mississippi State, Arizona State, Oklahoma State and others. The Hogs had been the primary main faculty to supply him on Oct. 8, 2020.

ESPN additionally charges him the No. 16 small ahead and the No. 45 total prospect within the nation for the 2024 class.

He was named to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All Arkansas Preps second staff after averaging 16.1 factors, 8.1 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.5 steals per recreation for the Tigers as a sophomore.

His robust play continued within the spring and summer season with the 16-under Arkansas Hawks. UA coaches had been a daily at his video games in the course of the analysis intervals.

Boateng’s inventory on the nationwide stage began to take off along with his exhibiting on the Pangos All-South Frosh/Soph camp in Duncanville, Texas, the autumn earlier than his sophomore season.

He was named the MVP of the Black squad after scoring 12 factors and grabbing 6 rebounds in a 103-95 loss to the White staff within the Cream of the Crop High 30 recreation. The occasion featured 219 campers from 13 states.

Boateng was certainly one of 34 gamers within the nation invited to the 2022 USA Basketball U17 nationwide staff coaching camp on June 18-25 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

An excellent scholar, Boateng stated he loved touring Arkansas’ state-of-the-art Jerry and Gene Jones Educational Middle.

“They confirmed me all of the accolades they’ve there and all the obtainable tutors there and so they additionally confirmed me the eating corridor,” Boateng stated. “It was a really welcoming expertise.

“They’d like a number of labs pc labs. They stated they’d 37 obtainable tutors for student-athletes, There’s at all times somebody there to principally enable you together with your lecturers.”

Boateng, who has a 3.8 grade-point common, stated he has thought of majoring in mechanical engineering however is now additionally contemplating being a pharmacist.

“Teachers are necessary to me since you by no means know the place basketball will take you,” he stated. “The subsequent day, it may all cease like that. Even when I make it long run [basketball career], there’s going to be some extent when basketball stops.”

Razorback Coach Eric Musselman, assistants Gus Argenal, Anthony Ruta and recruiting coordinator Ronnie Brewer Jr. are in fixed contact with Boateng.

“Coach Musselman texts me loads,” Boateng stated. “Ronnie Brewer actually texts me essentially the most and I’m additionally in touch with Argenal, Ruta. They convey with me loads particularly like after video games. In addition they give me some suggestions.”

Final yr, Boateng got down to enhance his outdoors and three-point taking pictures, and the progress has been spectacular.

“Attacking the rim is a robust swimsuit for me, however now I’m in a position to get to my spots and knock down some leap pictures,” he stated. “It’s actually stretched the ground for me, so it’s made me more durable to defend. I additionally actually labored arduous on my ball dealing with and I’ve seen an enormous enchancment there. My guard abilities have improved loads particularly from final yr.”

Arkansas appears to be in an excellent place with Boateng.

“They’re undoubtedly a college to take a look at,” Boateng stated. “They’re fairly up there in comparison with many of the colleges I’m speaking to, so far as me attending to know them loads and speaking with them. They’re in all probability a prime choice, however on the identical time I nonetheless must know all people else in recruiting, attending to know these different schools. As of proper now, Arkansas is a extremely good choice.”