Friar
Junior Member
Posts: 309
|
Post by Friar on Sept 30, 2014 20:52:07 GMT -5
As per Verbal Commits, the Bonnies offer Alen Telis from Kaskaskia Junior College. Apparently transferred from Stetson. Several teams are in the hunt.
|
|
Friar
Junior Member
Posts: 309
|
Post by Friar on Sept 30, 2014 20:55:24 GMT -5
Correction - the name is Andrew Zelis. Sorry for any inconvenience.
|
|
phelps
Junior Member
Posts: 432
|
Post by phelps on Sept 30, 2014 21:02:00 GMT -5
High School
Led Wheaton High School to the Illinois Class 4A Regional Quarterfinals in 2011-12 and 2012-13. Named all-conference twice. Also named one of the top five centers in Illinois. Scored 23 points, recorded 14 rebounds, and blocked four shots in a game against rival Naperville Central. Nominated for McDonald’s All-America. Named an Illinois State Scholar, earned Academic All-Conference honors twice, and was on the Blue Honor Roll all four years at Wheaton. Also played volleyball while at Wheaton. Was a member of the Jazz Band.
|
|
|
|
Post by fjs64 on Sept 30, 2014 21:34:34 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by jjjacks17 on Sept 30, 2014 22:48:05 GMT -5
Hard to understand why a player would have left a D1 program for a junior college and is now being offered by an Atlantic 10 school. Not something you see happen to often.
|
|
|
|
Post by wgt on Oct 1, 2014 0:19:51 GMT -5
Andrew missed his senior year at Wheaton North HS due to injury. Rivals had him as a 3 star as he came out of HS with offers from, Stetson, Central Michigan & UC Irvine. Now has offers from North Illi, Washington St, Az State & Liberty. Listed as 7'/245. Good student.
He should have 3 years eligibility after Kaskaskia JUCO. He was red shirted at Stetson in the 2013-14 season.
|
|
|
|
Post by jh on Oct 1, 2014 5:55:12 GMT -5
Hard to understand why a player would have left a D1 program for a junior college and is now being offered by an Atlantic 10 school. Not something you see happen to often. Posley did - its done as a way to transfer out but not sit out a year of playing |
|
|
|
Post by derhut on Oct 1, 2014 7:19:52 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by fjs64 on Oct 1, 2014 8:29:29 GMT -5
Hard to understand why a player would have left a D1 program for a junior college and is now being offered by an Atlantic 10 school. Not something you see happen to often. Posley did - its done as a way to transfer out but not sit out a year of playing Eric Mosley started at Austin Peay.....Division 1 Played one season at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (2010-11) after one season at Austin Peay State University (2009-10) ... averaged 23.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.8 steals per game while shooting 78 percent from the line and 40 percent from 3-point range at Cincinnati State ... played in 20 games at Austin Peay in 2009-10, were he posted 2.5 points in 5.6 minutes of work per game. |
|
|
|
Post by Bona84 on Oct 1, 2014 8:34:22 GMT -5
Hard to understand why a player would have left a D1 program for a junior college and is now being offered by an Atlantic 10 school. Not something you see happen to often. Well played, jjjacks17. |
|
|
|
Post by MM77 on Oct 1, 2014 9:09:58 GMT -5
I know you cannot teach 7 foot, but I hope he does not end up a Barry Atkinson case. Schmidt apparently is great at developing centers, maybe this would be a good project. At least academically he appears to be a competitive student which is also of importance.
|
|
|
|
Post by derhut on Oct 1, 2014 9:11:50 GMT -5
big bad barry...no MM..hopefully he is not the 2nd coming...don't forget randy st john and mark erb !
|
|
|
|
Post by bonabatman on Oct 1, 2014 9:33:46 GMT -5
Andrew Zelis was a red shirt freshman last year for the Hatters 2013-2014. He will play one year at Kaskaskia CC and will have three years of eligibility.
Verbal Commits indicates offers from a wide range (levels) of D1 schools, including Washington St and Arizona St.
|
|
|
|
Post by Pinnum on Oct 1, 2014 11:13:20 GMT -5
Let's take the pessimistic view based on the assumption that he is not (currently) A10 quality.
- So he is a practice and depth player that has a large presence and is able to be a large body inside. When the starting big men are in trouble he can be inserted into the game and cause some issues for a few minutes due to his size. Even if he only sees a few minutes, he can be used to attempt to draw fouls if other teams are dependent on a certain player inside. Also, he has likely matured as a student-athlete and understands what it takes to be a college athlete which will allow him to be an asset as an older addition to the program.
But he is SEVEN FEET tall and is likely just now coming into his body and learning how to use it to his advantage. Most kids don't stop growing and start to fill out until they are a few years into college.
Though he did redshirt for a sub .500 Stetson team, he did spend a season working out at the D1 level. You can think of the year at Stetson as a prep-year for a team filled with lower level D1 talent. Then he went to a Community College, that sent four players to D1 programs last year, to further develop and explore his options to play at other schools. I have enough confidence in the staff's ability to identify talent and build a roster that if they feel he is worth making an offer that they are confident he will be a contributing member of the program.
|
|
|
|
Post by mcspin on Oct 1, 2014 11:26:42 GMT -5
sounds like a good kid with grades and as they say, "you cant teach 7 foot" If only we could have taught M. Runs one more inch... |
|
