High school recruiting tracker: Where the area's top basketball and football players are heading to college
The regular signing day period for college basketball is from April 17-May 15, and there are plenty of local recruits moving on to play at the next level.
In the class of 2025, 31 local football recruits have announced their commitments to FBS programs, including Spring-Ford’s Matt Zollers, a four-star quarterback.
12 boys' and 15 girls' basketball recruits in the area have made their college commitments in the class of 2025
The regular signing period opens for Division I basketball prospects from April 17 till May 15.
Cristo Rey’s Devin Booker decides on George Mason
Lansdale Catholic’s Grace McDonough commits to James Madison
Westtown wing Jayden Forsythe makes pledge to Xavier
St. Joe's Prep's Jaron McKie to join Dayton
Father Judge PG Kevair Kennedy commits to Merrimack
Penn Charter standout Matt Gilhool chooses LSU
Penn Charter forward Matt Gilhool, the 6-foot-10 Elizabethtown native who is the top 2025 recruit in the state by 247Sports, made his verbal pledge to join Matt McMahon’s LSU program.
Gilhool, a four-star recruit and ranked inside the top 100 nationally, chose LSU over Georgia Tech, Alabama, Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Iowa. He had previously said that his top three options in April were Penn State, Syracuse, and Washington before the latter two programs made coaching changes.
“Just the fit [is what stood out],” Gilhool told On3 about picking LSU. “It felt like family since they started recruiting me and I love what Coach McMahon has got going on down there in Baton Rouge.”
» READ MORE: Penn Charter basketball standout Matt Gilhool chooses LSU
— Devin Jackson
FGCU lands another pledge in St. Joes Prep's Jordan Ellerbee
Class of 2024 Division I boys’ basketball commitments/signings
Here’s a list of the local boys’ basketball players who plan on extending their careers to the Division I level next year.
Of those commitments, just two standouts plan on joining a Big 5 program.
This list will be updated as more commitments are made.
Jalil Bethea, Archbishop Wood, Miami
Chase Coleman, Plymouth Whitemarsh/Southern Coast Acad., Jackson State
Macon Emory, Perkiomen School, Delaware
Aasim "Flash" Burton, Cardinal O'Hara, Rider
Tristen Guillouette, St. Joe’s Prep/George School, Florida Gulf Coast
Jacen Holloway, Devon Prep/USMAPS, Army
Jacob Hudson, Phelps School, Gardner-Webb
Matt Lange, Shipley School, Bucknell
Kevin McCarthy, Episcopal Academy, Army
Pearse McGuinn, Cardinal O'Hara, Stonehill
Khaafiq Myers, Neumann Goretti, St. Joe's
Ahmad Nowell, Imhotep, UConn
Lucas Orchard, Devon Prep/Perkiomen School, Monmouth
Trey O’Neil, Hill School/IMG Acad., Elon
Izaiah Pasha, Cardinal O'Hara/St. Thomas More, Delaware
Nyle Ralph-Beyer, West Chester Henderson, Sacred Heart
Malik Rasul, Westtown School, Lafayette
Josh Reed, Archbishop Wood, Drexel
Thomas Sorber, Archbishop Ryan, Georgetown
Makye Taylor, Imhotep Charter., Albany
Amir Williams, Neumann Goretti, Hofstra
Darren Williams, Archbishop Ryan, Florida Gulf Coast
Ryan Williams, Malvern Prep, Northeastern
Robert Wright III, Neumann Goretti/Montverde Acad., Baylor
Jahaan Green, Eastside, Army
Jackson Gaffney, Rocktop Academy, University of San Diego
Emmanuel Kenyi, Phelps School, Presbyterian College
Class of 2024 and 2025 Division I girls’ basketball commitments/signings
Here’s a list of the local girls’ basketball players who are heading to the Division I level in the class of 2024 and 2025.
So far three prospects in the class of 2025 have announced their college commitments, two of which are to a Big 5 school.
Class of 2024:
Eva Andrews, Paul VI, North Carolina A&T
Anna Azzara, Spring-Ford, Wright State
Brooke Barnes, Paul VI, Delaware State
Shariah Baynes, Paul VI, Monmouth
Isabella Casey, Germantown Academy, Bucknell
Carly Catania, Villa Maria, New Hampshire
Savannah Curry, Westtown, Temple
Amber Howard, Bensalem, North Carolina A&T
Gianna Johnson, George School, Delaware
Zahra King, Westtown School, California
Felicity McFillin, Archbishop Carroll, Air Force
Kiyomi McMiller, Life Center Acad., Rutgers
Lauren Patnode, Perkiomen School, La Salle
Mac Pettinelli, Spring-Ford, St. Bonaventure
Joanie Quinn, Cardinal O'Hara, La Salle
Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood, Fairleigh Dickinson
Brooke Wilson, Archbishop Carroll, Army
Reese Zemitis, Neshaminy, Bucknell