by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Norfolk Academy center David McCormack is one of the top class of 2018 recruits in the country following a summer with Team Loaded VA 17U. Recently, McCormack took visits to Georgia Tech and South Carolina, coming away impressed with both programs. “{Georgia Tech} was amazing. That campus was beautiful. It felt…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Over the weekend, former IC Norcom standout Dorian Finney-Smith hosted the inaugural Finney Family Cookout at his former high school. The event was the first for the Portsmouth native since signing a free agent contract with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks during the summer. “The event is for the community, you know,…
Let’s welcome Romello Styles to the Recruit757 team! Romello is from the Virginia Beach area, a graduate of Green High School and hopeful heir apparent to former ESPN personality Stuart Scott. by Romello Styles, recruit757 After spending the last few years as JV boys coach at Green Run, Corey Coffer is moving up in the…
NFL? Parents and their high school athletes have high expectations when it comes to making the pros by Andy Hilton, UltimateRecruit Student-athletes, according to a survey conducted recently by NPR, the Robert Wood Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, your parents think you’re really special. Most high school athletes have a…
by Jamaar Hawkins, recruit757 Former Norfolk State women’s basketball player Brehanna Daniels was selected to the Nascar Drive for Diversity Crew Member Development Program, the school announced recently. Daniels, along with another ex-NSU athlete, football player Lamar Neal, were among the nine former college athletes selected to the program. The Salem (VB) High School graduate…
by Alexis Platt, recruit757 In memory of not only his nephew Cedric, but to all lives taken from senseless violence, former Princess Anne standout Daryl Towe hosted yet another successful CTAB Mega Hoops Classic in the Hampton Roads area this weekend. Towe, is the co-founder of Cross- Training Athletes into Believers (CTAB). This years C-Tab…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 Tony Rutland, former Bethel and Wake Forest star, has returned to the Hampton Roads Area to kick off his coaching campaign. Rutland was recently named the head coach of Hampton Christian Academy’s Basketball Program after serving as a probation officer in Georgia for many years. He recently spoke with Recruit757 Basketball…
by Alexis Platt, recruit757 It’s doesn’t come as a shocker that Haley Stimeling is a standout player at Grassfield High School. Basketball success runs in the family, her older sister Lindsey Stimeling is an Grassfield alum, receiving a full scholarship to play basketball at the United States Air Force academy where she recently graduated. “I…
by Alexis Platt, recruit757 Junior Makayla Dickens announced her decision to transfer from Lakeland to Princess Anne during the offseason, a move that was surely welcomed by the Cavalier faithful. “I decided to attend PA because i know that Coach Dozier and the players will push me to become a better player and be better…
by Tamara Brown, recruit757 After making his first Crabber debut of the 2016-2017 season at the beginning of summer ball, Hampton rising senior Mastadi Pitt soon fell victim to injury a month later in an AAU Tournament. Midway through July, Pitt was kneed in the thigh during the Adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada…