One of the top girls volleyball players in the state of Utah has signed to play for Utah State.
Pleasant Grove's McKell Staheli, a 5-foot-3 libero, will enroll at USU this fall as a freshman.
Staheli was the Region 4 MVP in 2011 and a Tribune first-team all-state selection. She was also PG's MVP and defensive MVP last season.
Staheli recorded 518 digs last season, a state single-season record.

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Utah's top recruit in the class of 2013 can now add two more SEC powers to the list of programs that are after him.

This week, Auburn and Alabama extended offers to Cottonwood quarterback Cooper Bateman, The Tribune has learned. The Colts' junior previously received offers from Florida, Colorado, Maryland, Utah, BYU and Boise State.

Between Auburn and Florida, programs that have won three of the last six BCS national championships have offered Bateman. Both the Tigers (Cam Newton) and Gators (Tim Tebow) have had quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy since 2007.

Auburn...

BYU's women's soccer program has signed seven new recruits, including five all-state players from Utah.
"We're going to bring in a lot of Utah girls this year that we've known for a long time, and we're excited about that," said BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood. "All of these girls have been to camps over the years and we're really familiar with them."
The incoming freshmen will join the Cougars in early August.
Here are the signees:

* Taylor Campbell, defender, Alta High.
Campbell was a first-team all-stater in 2011 and Alta's defensive MVP. She was a second-team all-stater in 2009 and 2010 and a member of three state championship teams.

* Camille G...

The day before he will sign a National Lett of Intent, Pleasant Grove offensive lineman Brandon Fanaika said he is now considering BYU, Stanford and Utah.

Fanaika, the top-rated prospect in Utah, committed to Stanford in December, but said Monday that he was also considering Utah. Tuesday, the lineman sent a text to reporters that said, "BYU is in the pic now."

— Bill Oram

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The recruiting battle for Pleasant Grove lineman Brandon Fanaika is not finished.

The state's No. 1 prospect, according to Rivals.com, committed to Stanford in December. However, recently, there have been rumblings that he may be reconsidering and staying within the state.

Fanaika told The Tribune he will sign his Letter of Intent on Wednesday, but that things are "up in the air" as to where he will send that letter. He said he is "pretty much" deciding between Stanfor...

BYU's football program continues to turn to its Bingham High pipeline for quality prep football players.
The Cougars will sign about a dozen high school seniors on Wednesday when the football signing period begins, but the latest player to commit to BYU is a junior.
Bingham High's Keegan Hicks, an offensive lineman and member of the class of 2013, committed to BYU over the weekend after attending one of the program's Junior Day gatherings.
Hicks is 6-foot-3 and weighs 280 pounds.
At BYU, Hicks will join plenty of other Bingham High products, including Baker Pritchard, Moses Kaumatule, Manoa Pikula, Remington Peck, Mike Edmunds, Austin Holt and Kesni Tausinga, to name a...

Cooper Bateman continues to draw attention from across the country.

The Cottonwood junior quarterback has already received offers from as far away as the University of Maryland and from programs as prominent as Boise State, Utah and BYU.

Now, he can add Colorado and Florida to his list of options.

Bateman received an offer from Florida Sunday night and the Buffaloes Monday morning, bringing his total to six.

Bateman threw for 2,484 yards and 25 touchdowns last season, as he guided the Colts through a rebuilding season. As a sophomore in 2010, the Colts finished 10-1 behind 1,822 yards and 23 touchdowns.

— Bill Oram

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Reshawn Hooker, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound linebacker out of Fontana, Calif., kept the Utes' recruiting train alive Wednesday as he committed to the Utes.
Hooker was recruited by several Pac-12 schools including Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado in addition to Hawaii.
He visited the Utes last weekend and decided Salt Lake City could be a good fit for him.
"I liked it and it was real modern," he said. "It topped all the other schools and schematically I fit into their program."
Hooker was recruited by quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson and hosted by safety Brian Blechen.
"He showed me around a bit and it was a good trip," he said.

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Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and recruiting coordinator Morgan Scalley continued to land commitments Monday, with receiver Brian Allen out of La Marque, Texas committing to Utah during a home visit with the coaches.
The 6-foot-3 receiver had plans to trip to Nevada but was going to cancel them. Utah won his commitment based on the football and engineering program.
"I liked the atmosphere there and the engineering, you can't any better than that," he said. "Coach Whittingham and Scalley sealed the deal today."
The receiver said he loves playing aggressively.
"If the ball is in the air, it's mine," he said.
- Lya Wodraska
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Monday might have been a holiday for some, but not for Utah coach Kyle Whittingham, who was in Texas closing the deal with a recruit.
Whittingham and safeties coach Morgan Scalley paid a visit to corner Greg Allen, a 6-foot, 200-pound corner out of Alief Taylor H.S., in Houston, Texas and left with a commitment from Allen on Monday.
Allen was planning to visit Kansas but cancelled the trip and said his commitment to the Utes was solid.
"They've been checking on me ever since my sophomore year," Allen said. "My gut says, 'yes' to Utah. I loved my visit and everything felt right."
Allen, who visited Utah over the weekend, fills one of the Utes' biggest voids as Utah has put...

The Utah Utes are getting the help they need along their defensive line in a big way as Visesio Salt, a product of Brighton H.S. who went on a mission before playing at Mt. San Antonio Community College, has switched his commitment from Florida to Utah.
Salt said he made the switch so he could play in front of family members and friends.
"I've been away from home for too long now," he said. "It's time that I play my last two years in front of my family and friends."
Salt said he plans to enroll in the fall.
While playing for the Gators was enticing, Salt said his family won out. Besides, now that the Utes are in a BCS conference, he sees Utah's chances of getting national...

The Utes added another offensive lineman to their 2012 class Thursday night when Cedrick Poutasi, out of Desert Pines H.S. in Las Vegas, announced during the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Arlington, Texas that he was going to Utah.
Poutasi is a 6-foot-5, 325-pound tackle who had offers from other Pac-12 schools including Arizona State.
His commitment will help ease some of the sting of losing Alexandru Ceachir out of Santa Monica College to UCLA. Ceachir committed to Utah but signed with UCLA when Norm Chow announced he was taking the head job at Hawaii.
- Lya Wodraska
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The state's No. 1 football recruit is leaving Utah.

Pleasant Grove offensive lineman Brandon Fanaika committed to Stanford Wednesday night during the Offense-Defense All-America Bowl at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.

Fanaika had about a dozen offers from major programs, including each of the three in-state programs. Rivals rated Fanaika the state's top prospect. While Davis defensive end Tr...

One of the state's best high school football players, Bingham High linebacker Jared Afalava, is drawing some serious interest from Nebraska.
A 6-foot-3, 220-pound senior, Afalava received a visit from Nebraska coaches, including head coach Bo Pelini, on Monday afternoon at his high school in South Jordan.
Afalava has said he plans to visit Nebraska this weekend (Dec. 17-18).
Afalava, who helped Bingham win the 2010 5A state championship, also has offers from BYU,...

Utah offensive coordinator Norm Chow and offensive lineman coach Tim Davis have spent the majority of their recruiting time wooing offensive linemen, a spot the Utes are prioritizing this year since they lose seniors Tony Bergstrom and John Cullen.
The coaches' powers of persuasion paid off Monday, with Alexandru Ceachir, a 6-foot-4, 300-pound lineman out of Santa Monica College committing to the Utes.
Ceachir had considered Colorado as well, but decided to go with the Utes because of the connection he formed with Chow and because he feels he will have a chance to play immediately.
"Coach Chow is a great person, I'm glad to play for him," Ceachir said. "He was one of the first...

BYU's women's volleyball program has signed four new recruits, including two players from the state of Utah.
The Utah signees are Ciara Parker of St. George's Snow Canyon High, and Samantha Stake of Taylorsville High.
Amy Boswell of Aloha, Ore., and Alexa Gray of xxx have also signed national letters of intent with BYU head coach Shawn Olmstead.
Boswell is a 6-4 middle blocker/outside hitter who is the sister of a current BYU player. She was named to the 2011 Oregon 6A All-State First Team.
Gray is a 6-1 opposite hitter from Centennial High in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Parker is a 5-6 defensive specialist from Santa Clara, Utah. She was the 4A state tourney MVP in 20...

We brought you news last week that BYU women's basketball coach Jeff Judkins had received a national letter of intent from Kristine Fuller, a 6-foot guard from Clearwater, Fla.
Monday, the Cougars announced three other signings.
Here they are:
* Micalee Orgon, a 6-2 forward from Kearns High has also signed with BYU. Orton played for three years on the Salt Lake Metro club team and was a second-team all-state and first-team all-region selection. She also lettered four years in volleyball, two years in track, and is an honors student.
* Alta High's Mackenzi Morrison, a 5-8 guard, will also become a Cougar. Morrison was the Tribune's 5A MVP after helping the Hawks win the 5A...

We occasionally use this space to provide updates on former Utah high school stars who are playing at out-of-state colleges
Former Olympus High forward Nicholas Paulos is off to a fantastic start this season at UNC-Greensboro.
The freshman scored 25 points Sunday against Towson in a 72-60 win in the consolation game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational Mainland Regional. Paulos was 9 of 15 from the field, including 6 of 11 from three-point range.
The Spartans improved to 2-3 win the win.
Paulos is averaging 17 minutes a game and scoring 8.8 points per game, second highest on the team.

Brigham Young University women's basketball coach Jeff Judkins traveled a long way to get his latest recruit.
BYU has signed Kristine Fuller, a 6-foot guard from Palm Harbor University High in Tampa Bay, Fla.
Fuller committed to the Cougars last April and is now embarking on her senior season. She averaged 22.3 points per game as a junior, along with 7.5 rebounds, 3.6 steals and 2.6 assists.
Fuller scored 28 points in her team's season-opener last week.
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The Utah Utes continue to fill their 2012 recruiting class with linemen, an area they've identified as one of their priority areas. Marc Pouvave, an offensive lineman at Southwestern Community College out of Chula Vista, Calif., has committed to the Utes.
The 6-foot-5, 340-pound Pouvave also had an offer from San Diego State.
He is the fourth offensive lineman to commit to the Utes for 2012.
- Lya Wodraska
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Cottonwood quarterback Cooper Bateman's junior season has ended, which means its recruiting season.

The Colts' star quarterback last week received his fifth Division 1 offer, with the Boise State Broncos joining Utah, Utah State, BYU and Maryland as Bateman's top suitor. Bateman said Monday that the Boise State coaches have seen him on film and that offensive coordinator Brent Pease was in attendance for the Colts first-round playoff loss to Northridge two weeks ago.

Bateman said he will make an unofficial visit to Boise State this weekend to watch the No. 5 Broncos play TCU.

In 10 games this season Bateman threw for 25 touchdowns and nearly 2,500 yards for the Col...

BYU's men's volleyball program has received a commitment from Evan Chang, a libero at the Urban School of San Francisco.
Chang will sign a national letter of intent with BYU next week.
According to the San Francisco Examiner, Chang is one of the best liberos in the Bay Area of Northern California.
Also a four-year starting midfielder for the high school's soccer team, Chang was also receiving interest from Hawaii, Harvard and Princeton.

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BYU's women's gymnastics team has received a commitment from Summer Raymond, a senior at...

Pleasant Grove's Brandon Fanaika, Davis High's Troy Hinds and Lone Peak's Chase Hansen are widely considered to be the state's top high school football prospects this season.
Hinds has committed to BYU, Hansen has picked Utah and Fanaika is still uncommitted.
Who are the best prospects from the class of 2013? One of the top juniors this year is Juan Diego linebacker and tight end Dakota Cox.
The 6-foot-1, 218-pound Cox is visiting Vanderbilt this weekend (Oct. 22) as the Commodores play host to Army. He is also receiving interest from Stanford, UCLA, Washington State, Duke, Indiana and Utah.

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As reported by The Salt Lake Tribune last Saturday, BYU's basketball program has received another commitment from a high school junior.
Braiden Shaw, a 6-foot-8 forward from Eagle High, located in a suburb north of Boise, Idaho, committed to BYU on Saturday after making an unofficial visit to the school.
Shaw received an offer from BYU coach Dave Rose and committed on the spot.
He will sign with the Cougars in November of 2012, play his senior season of basketball at Eagle, graduate in 2013, and then immediately go on an LDS Church mission. He's in the same class as Lone Peak High's Nick Emery, who committed to the Cougars last month.
In recent months, th...

The son of former BYU star and Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge has decided to walk on at BYU.
Cooper Ainge, a 6-foot point guard from Wellesley, Mass., said Monday night he will play for the Cougars.
Austin Ainge, Danny's son and Cooper's brother, also played for the Cougars.
Cooper Ainge, a senior in high school, credited BYU's staff as the reason he chose BYU.
He plans to play for BYU for a year before leaving on an LDS Church mission for two years. There's a possibility he could redshirt his first year.
And he's not the last of the basketball-playing Ainge brothers. Crew Ainge is a sophomore at the same high school.
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Travis Wilson, a quarterback who is one of Utah's most prized recruits, will be here this weekend. You can read more about him on the Utah blog....

Utah's football coaches are hitting the road for some recruiting since the Utes don't have a game this week. Already the visits are paying off for Utah.
Jake Jackson, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound linebacker out of La Costa Canyon H.S. in Encinitas, Calif., committed to the Utes Thursday after a visit from running backs coach Dave Schramm.
"I decided to go ahead and do it," Jackson said. "I've been thinking about playing for Utah for a long time so I'm excited."
Johnson will go on a mission before enrolling at Utah. He also visited BYU, but said the Cougars couldn't win him over.
"It just didn't feel right for me," he said.
That Utah is now in the Pac-12 made Jackson's decis...

Logan's D.J. Nelson has been nothing short of an MVP this season for the state's No. 1 Class 4A team. The senior signal-caller has notched more than 1,800 total yards of offense and 27 total touchdowns in only five games for the Grizzlies, making them the state's best offense.

And it seems colleges are taking notice.

Utah State may still be fuming about older brother Riley Nelson getting poached by BYU, but the Aggies have now offered the younger Nelson as a quarterback, Logan coach Mike Favero confirmed. At about 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, Nelson isn't exactly the classic fit for a college passer. But Utah State could also potentially use him as a back or in the se...

Time to catch up on some local recruiting news.
Spanish Fork High pitcher Hayden Nielsen has committed to play baseball for BYU. Nielsen will sign with the Cougars during the early signing period in November, according to the Provo Daily Herald.
The senior plays shortstop for the Dons when he is not pitching, and had a 2.11 earned run average last year. At the plate, he hit around .400.
Nielsen also doubles as Spanish Fork's starting quarterback and a guard on the basketball team.
He threw for close to 2,500 and 22 TDs last season as a junior.

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In basketball recruiting news, former Bonneville High star Scott Sellers has signed at W...

Weber State basketball coach Randy Rahe has picked up his first commitment from a member of the class of 2012.
According to Josh Gershon of Scout.com, Weber State got a commitment recently from Joel Bolomboy, a 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward from Central High in Keller, Texas.
Bolomboy helped the Chargers go 17-16 last season, with a 6-8 mark in league play.
He averages 9.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 1.3 assists per game last season.


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Word is Justin Thomas, a 5-foot-9, 170-pound corner out of West Orange-Stark H.S. in Orange, Texas, committed to the Utes Thursday although I haven't been able to confirm the commitment with Thomas.
Thomas had offers from Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Baylor and other schools.
Thomas would be the 10th commitment the Utes have for their 2012 class and is the first from Texas.


2012 Recruiting Commitments
Hunter Dimick*DL*Syracuse, Utah*Syracuse H.S.*6-4*250*Local player says he is solid on commitment to Utes
Moses Folauhola*DL/LB*Hunter H.S.*West Valley City, Utah*6-0*240*Could play on the line or at linebacker
Chase Hansen*QB*Lone Peak H.S.*Highland, Utah*6-3...

The 2011 Utah girls soccer season is only about a week old, but already Utah State has snared one of the state's top players.
* Danielle Gaztambide, a senior at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, has committed to play for the Aggies. A forward, Gaztambide has scored five goals in two games to help the Bulldogs get off to a 2-0 start.
She scored two in the season opener against Canyon View and added an additional three against Bear River. An outstanding student, Gaztambide received 2010-2011 Academic Awards in AP Biology and AP Psychology, and was a recipient of Mt. Holyoke College Alumni Club Book Award.

* Makenzie Empey, a senior goalkeeper at American Fork High Sc...

BYU's women's basketball program has received a commitment from Micaelee Orton, a 6-2 power forward from Kearns High in Utah. Orton plans to sign a national letter of intent with BYU in November when the fall early signing period begins.
Orton, a four-year starter at Kearns, also had scholarship offers from Idaho State, Southern Utah, Weber State and Utah Valley University. She is said to be an excellent rebounder who runs the floor well.
Orton is the first player from the Salt Lake Metro club program from the class of 2012 to commit to a Division I school. Seven other Metro products are currently on BYU's roster.
Orton was a second-team all-state selection after her junior se...

By most accounts, the two top high school football recruits in the state of Utah this year are Davis High defensive end and Pleasant Grove lineman Brandon Fanaika.
Monday morning, Hinds made his decision, picking BYU over offers from a list of more than a dozen Division I programs that included Utah, Cal, Nebraska and Notre Dame.
It is an absolutely huge get for BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall, given the immense amount of scrutiny the Cougars' recruiting efforts regarding instate recruits have received since rival Utah was invited to join the Pac-12.
In a letter emailed to dozens of D-I coaches around the country and selected media members, Hinds said he will enroll at BYU a...

A 6-foot-3 point guard from Arizona who was drawing quite a bit of interest from BYU has committed to Arizona State.
Calaen Robinson, who will be a senior at Corona Del Sol High in Arizona this season, picked the Sun Devils earlier this week, according to Josh Gershon of Scout.com.
Robinson was named one of Scout.com's top 10 prospects in the West last May, landing at No. 9.
"They've been on me. I've been talking to coach [Tim] LaComb a lot. He's been catching up with what I have been doing and stuff," Robinson told the website in May when asked about BYU.

A source confirmed that BYU had offered Robinson a scholarship. He was also drawing interest from St. Mary...

Dropped by Lone Peak today for football practice. Unfortunately, I was about 12 hours early. But as I tore through the high school looking for football coach Tony McGeary, I stumbled upon some hoops folks.

Turns out the Knights have another Division 1 player on their roster.

Guards Nick Emery and T.J. Haws are obviously the prized recruits coming out of Quincy Lewis's Knights program, but junior transfer center Eric Mika isn't too far off. Mika, who played his first two years at Waterford, played with the Knights throughout the summer.

Weber State and Utah State recentl...

Brittney Martin, the high-flying Syracuse High basketball star, is apparently set on playing her college basketball out of state.
Martin's Utah Flight club team coach, Mary Waters, recently told ESPNU.com Martin has narrowed her list of schools to Cal, Oklahoma State, UCLA and Washington. Martin, a 6-foot-1 wing, is the No. 35 prospect in the country in the ESPNU HoopGurlz Top 100. She is talking with the four aforementioned schools about in-home visits in September, according to Waters.
Martin committed to the University of Utah last summer, but decided to re-open her re...

After his performance last week in the Super 64 with Utah Pump-N-Run, this should come as no surprise. But West Jordan star forward Jordan Loveridge has continued to rake in impressive offers. Add to the list San Diego, which came in with an offer yesterday, and the Colorado, newly of the Pac-12, which extended an offer to Loveridge on Sunday.

The recruiting scene has changed for Loveridge, who said he never even spoke with Colorado coaches before they made the offer.

The 6-foot-6 player is up to nine options. He has received offers from Utah, BYU, Utah State, Weber State, Colorado State, Colorado, San Diego, Hawaii and Santa Clara.

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Call it the one that got away. Utah Pump-N-Run's brilliant run at the adidas Super 64 summer basketball tournament in Las Vegas ended Tuesday morning, as the collection of Utah's top high school and college-bound players fell 65-57 to a team known as the Texas Assault. As a result, Texas Assault plays in Tuesday night's nationally televised (CBS C) 6 p.m. MDT championship game against Dream Vision of Southern California, while UPNR licks its wounds, wonders what might have been, and gets ready for the next tournament, which begins Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.
"We could have won this thing," said UPNR's best player, West Jordan High senior-to-be Jordan Loveridge.
He'd get no argu...

Once the offers came in, Sione Houma didn't waste too much time picking where he wanted to play college football.

The Highland running back has made his mark by getting where he's going quickly, rushing for more than 1,000 yards last year for the 4A champion Rams. Houma's first offers came in May from Michigan and Washington, with Utah and Utah State following. Now, it appears that Houma will be playing at Michigan.

The Detroit Free-Press and

Some of the top high school basketball players in Utah are on an incredible run at the adidas Super 64 AAU tournament in Las Vegas.
The team featuring West Jordan's Jordan Loveridge, Jordan Pryor and Jaden Jackson and American Fork's Marcel Davis and Quincy Bair, among others, has advanced to the Final Four.
Read more about their improbable run against some of the top club programs in the country at the Utah State blog here....

Former Lone Peak High basketball star Bracken Funk is transferring to BYU-Hawaii. Funk played last season at Fresno State, but announced a month ago that he was leaving that program.
Because BYU-H is a lower-division school, Funk is immediately eligible to play for the Seasiders. BYU-H played in the NCAA Division II national championship game last season.
Funk played for Fresno State after an LDS Church mission. He averaged 6.4 points and 3.9 rebounds for a team coached by former BYU coach Steve Cleveland. He appeared in all 31 games for Fresno State.
At Lone Peak, Funk was a part of several great teams that also featured BYU's Tyler Haws and Jackson Emery.
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Lone Peak junior guard Nick Emery, a 6-foot-1 combo guard, has just gotten an offer to play basketball at Oklahoma State — one he will add to his standing invitations to BYU and Utah.

The Cowboys become the first school outside of Utah to offer The Tribune's 5A MVP - winner of the same honor from the Deseret News as well as the Gatorade Player of the Year award - after watching him play July 10-12 with Lone Peak at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame National Invitational in Boston.

Emery also has received considerable interest from Kansas, Arizona State and Washington. It's worth noting that Emery's older brother, Jackson Emery, was a BYU star throug...

July is going well for a handful of Utah basketball players. The recruiting period opened up some offers to a few in-state recruits.

Jordan Loveridge, a 6-foot-6 power senior forward out of West Jordan, added Hawaii to his list of D-I offers, which includes BYU, Utah, Utah State and Colorado State.

But the biggest shocker of all might have been from the Utes, who offered Jared Stutzman, a 6-foot-5 guard in the class of 2014. Stutzman is native to Idaho Falls, but plays for Utah Pump 'N' Run on the 15U team.

Local hoops player Deng Deng also reported that he received an offer from Long Beach State via his Twitter account. It would be the first reported Division...

Former Judge Memorial Catholic High School basketball standout Dee Crandall has signed to play for Carroll College in Helena, Mont.
Crandall graduated from Judge in 2009 after having played for legendary Judge coach Jim Yerkovich.
He originally signed with Weber State, but transferred after a redshirt season to Northwest Wyoming College. He played in 14 games there before suffering a season-ending ankle injury.
Crandall averaged six points and two assists per game for the Trappers.
He was a two-year starter at Judge, averaging 12 points and three assists per game his senior season.
Another former Judge star, Brandon Veltri, is the head coach at Carroll College.

Three more Salt Lake Metro Girls club basketball players have decided where they will play college basketball.
According to program director Dave Hammer, this brings the number of SL Metro girls basketball players moving on to college in 2011 to 20, including six players who will play at the Division I level.
The latest three to commit include:
* Pine View High's Sadi Dias will walk on at BYU
* Springville High's Mackenzie Nielson will walk on at BYU
* Layton High's Addi Moore will walk on at Utah State.
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Three players with Utah ties have signed to play basketball for the BYU-Hawaii Seasiders next season.
Coach Ken Wagner recently announced that Brady Hurst, Pablo Quitral and Zach Ngawaka have signed with BYU-H.
Hurst, a 6-foot-8 forward, prepped at Davis High and averaged 12.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last year for the College of Eastern Utah. He served a church mission in Chicago prior to playing for CEU.
Quitral gradauted from Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper and was the first native of Chile to sign a Division I letter of intent. He signed with Weber State, but redshirted in 2009-10 and sat out most of last season with an injury.
Ngawaka, a 6-5 wing fr...

Quincy Bair and Marcel Davis might not be the only American Fork basketball players to land Division I scholarships next year.
Bair and Davis have both committed to Utah State.
However, their AF teammate, 6-1 guard Austin Waddoups, is also starting to earn some D-I attention.
Waddoups recently received an offer from Cornell, although Ivy League teams do not award athletic scholarships.
Waddoups recently attended a prospect camp at Cornell and made the camp all-star team. He helped his team win the camp championship.
Columbia and Brown have also expressed interest.

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Snow College women's basketball coach Natalie Visger has anno...

Three more girls who played for the Salt Lake Metro club basketball program have made commitments for the upcoming college basketball season.
Abbie Brickley of Skyline High has signed with the Wheaton College (Mass.) Lyons.
Kaylee Walker of Box Elder High has signed with the Central Wyoming Rustlers.
Erin Foster of Alta High has signed with the Otero (Colo.) Community College Rattlers.
Seventeen SL Metro girls basketball players are now moving on to college in 2011, and more signees are expected soon.

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Timpanogos High's Ryan Van Pelt has signed to play for Weber State University, the school announced last week.
Van Pelt is a ...