Nathan Reuvers, a 6-foot-9 junior from Lakeville (MN) North, has emerged the past few months as one of the state’s top prospects in the Class of 2017.
Minnesota will have several top football recruits as the football team faces the Associated Press’ #15 team Michigan for the Little Brown Jug at TCF Stadium at 6pm on Halloween night. The Gopher basketball staff is hoping to capitalize on the atmosphere as they host several talented basketball players as well. The list of visitors includes:
Michael Hurt, a 6-foot-7 forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, is making his official visit this weekend. Hurt, who is ranked as Minnesota’s number two player in the Class of 2016 behind Hopkins’ Amir Coffey, committed to Minnesota in January.
Hurt averaged 21.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a junior with a season-high 43 points versus Osseo. He scored in double figures in all but one game, finishing with nine points in an easy 87-52 win over Albert Lea. John Marshall finished 23-6 this past season, losing to Lakeville North 62-51 in the Section 1AAAA championship game for the third straight year.
His younger, but taller brother, Matthew Hurt, a 6-foot-8 freshman forward, is considered Minnesota’s top player in the Class of 2019 and will also visit this weekend.
Matthew Hurt averaged 15.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game with a season-high 26 points versus Northfield. He scored in double figures in all but four games and had four contests of 20 or more points.
Marquette assistant Stan Johnson visited Hurt Tuesday and Iowa Stare head coach Steve Prohm came to the school Thursday.
Nathan Reuvers, a 6-foot-9 junior from Lakeville (MN) North, has emerged the past few months as one of the state’s top prospects in the Class of 2017. Reuvers only averaged 6.5 points per game as a sophomore, but stepped up his play in the Class AAAA state tournament when senior Connor Flack was sidelined with an injury. He scored in double figures in two of the Panthers’ three games and averaged 6.0 rebounds. Lakeville North finished 19-13 last season and 10-8 in the South Suburban Conference.
Reuvers has picked up 14 scholarship offers and made a recent unofficial visit to Minnesota.
Jordan McCabe, a 5-foot-10 sophomore point guard from Kaukauna (WI) High, has already picked up offers from Missouri, Green Bay, Milwaukee, West Virginia and DePaul.
McCabe is known for his dribbling exhibitions that can be found on the Internet and he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and at the NBA All-Star Game in 2011.
McCabe averaged 14.2 points and 4.8 assists per game and was named second-team all-league in the Fox Valley Association, while helping Kaukauna to a 20-4 record as a freshman. They lost to DePere 70-60 in the region finals, despite scoring a career-best 33 points with nine three-pointers.
Adam Trapp, a 7-foot-2 sophomore center from Esko (MN) High, is an AAU teammate of McCabe’s for the Wisconsin Playground Warriors. Trapp helped lead the Eskimos to a 23-8 mark as a freshman and a spot in the Class AA state tournament as he averaged 8.9 points per game.
Trapp, who has already received a scholarship offer from DePaul, comes from a basketball family. His older sister, Savanna, was recruited by Minnesota before picking UCLA.
Gabe Kalscheur, a 6-foot-4 sophomore from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, helped lead the Islanders to its fourth straight Class AAA championship in March as they finished 26-4 this year and won 25 of its last 27 games.
Kalscheur averaged 6.3 points per game and had five double figure games, including two of his three games in the state tournament.
Kalscheur will play an even bigger role this upcoming year with the graduation losses of starters Jarvis Johnson (Minnesota), Sacar Anim (Marquette) and Josh Collins (North Dakota) as the Islanders hope to break the Minnesota state record with a fifth straight title.
Minnesota is done with their recruiting for the Class of 2016 with commitments to Michael Hurt, Eric Curry and Amir Coffey, but they are hoping that this weekend can make major in-roads to some of the top young players in the area.