For immediate release:
May 17, 2011, Philadelphia, PA

We just got word that Tyreek Riddick of state champs Math, Civics and Science (MCS) has committed to play for Mansfield University. Riddick played very well in the 2011 Showcase and chose Mansfield over a number of Div 1 junior colleges. MCS Athletic Director Lonnie Diggs informed us that in addition to an athletic scholarship he also received an academic scholarhsip. It’s always good to hear when one of our Philly student/athletes takes the academic part seriously.

Check back soon for more posts on commitments of other 2011 Showcase Players and also a few more commitments from the Urban Sports Rescue Program.

Star Power has arrived to the Runhouse-Hoops program by way of 6′ 7″ swingman Reggie Agbeko. The Ashanti Assassin continues to prove he is serious about playing basketball in the USA by leading his St Joe’s team to a 69 - 48 win over St Francis. Agbeko’s stats for the game read 16 points, 18 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists and 2 steals. Not bad for a kid with only about 35 games to his name.

Agbeko came back 3 days later with 11pts and 10 rebounds in a 67 - 57 win over 4th ranked Canisus. Foul trouble limited his minutes in this game but he still provided a steady influence and was tough down the stretch.

Reggie, the team back in Ghana is cheering mightily for you and say to keep those double doubles coming.

Agbeko is currently averaging 17 ppg and 11 rpg.

The Runhouse-Hoops Project is a joint venture between Runhouse.net and Cape Coast Hoops. We identify and recruit the top talent in West Africa for play in the USA.

Our Runhouse-Hoops project is composed of players from our West African pipeline at Cape Coast Hoops. This weeks player of the week is none other than Daniel Armah. The rugged 6′ 6″ forward is averaging 14 ppg and 11 rpg for Lincoln University (MO). His games in the last two weeks have included a 16 pt and 16 rebound game vs Rockhurst and a 21 pt and 13 rebound game vs Neuman.

Congrats Daniel for your great play this week and keep those double doubles coming.

 Former Cape Coast Hoops player Samuel Ouedraogo has accepted a scholarship today to the Technical Careers Institute (TCI) in New York City. TCI plays at the D1 level of the NJCAA.

The 6′ 8″ forward moved to the states last year and was scheduled to participate in our 2010 Showcase. Due to work commitments he could only attend the showcase prior to the 1st game but he did workout for a few coaches that morning. Coach Pernell Hosier of TCI took one look at the very active big man and knew he had a player. The next day “Big Sam” was at TCI talking to Coach Hosier about playinig for TCI this upcoming season. Says a source close to the player ”Sam is a very athletic and energtic post player that brings every thing he has to every play. He can dominate games at times and once he puts it all together he will be a force for TCI.”

Sam is a bit too old to play Div 1 after his career at TCI so we will be helping him find a good fit at the NAIA or Div 2 level.

For more information about this player or our Runhouse-Hoops Project in Ghana contact: Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

For immediate release:
April 14th, 2010, Philadelphia, PA

At 3pm on April 13th, 2010, Rakeem Brookins requested his release from his letter of intent to play for Tulane University next season. The high scoring guard has since received alot of interest from other schools but is still keeping the option open to attend Tulane University.

Brookins average 18.9 ppg as a senior at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia and was a 1st team All City selection.

UPDATE: April 16th, 2010
Brookins has received his release and is now being recruitied by Northeastern, JMU, Drexel, Delaware, LaSalle, George Washington, Siena, Niagra, Marshall, Hartford, Boston University, Oral Roberts and Tulane.

For more information contact Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

Players,
Show colleges you have what it takes to play at the next level. If your an unsigned senior or rising junior then this showcase will be the place to be. Many college coaches at all levels (Div 1, Div 2 , Div 3, NAIA, Juco) will be in attendace or will view the video of the event.
The date will be determined soon and there will be limited spots available.
Last summers showcase saw 10 players get signed within a week. All it takes is one good performance.

If you have an interest in playing then contact Jack Whitehead at jwhitehead@runhouse.net

Runhouse is pleased to announce our latest recruit. He is 6′ 4″ point guard Saykan Bestman. Bestman can do it all and sports a 41″ vertical leap to boot. Take a look at the videos of him from our team in West Africa - Cape Coast Hoops. He has been unstopable this current season. He is currently averaging 18ppg, 5apg, 8rpg.

Bestman is available for Juco and is NAIA qualified.
For more information contact Jack Whitehead, jwhitehead@runhouse.net

 Video of 6′ 4″ point guard Saykan Bestman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Chris Angsomwine, 6′ 9″ Forward, verbally commits to Oral Roberts University.
Kilgore, Texas - 6 October 2009 - Angsomwine has made the verbal commitment to become a student athlete at Oral Roberts University next season after completion of his Associates Degree at Kilgore Junior College. Angsomwine was one of the first players to come through our Runhouse-Hoops Project that we run in conjuction with Claudius Thompson of Cape Coast Hoops.
Sources close to the ORU staff think Chris Angsomwine has a chance to be a outstanding player in their system. He’s an athletic big guy that can run, has a good skill level and a strong body to defend and block shots. Chris has a tremendous upside. He is a great student and will be a great fit for the ORU campus & the Tulsa community

Bilal Kelly, a former Strawberry Mansion star and now at Redlands Community College has checked in with the staff at Runhouse and Rasool Hajj. Kelly reports that the college workouts are ”very intense with a lot of running”. While classes may start at 9am that is by no means the beginning of the day for the lean athletic forward. Kelly also says that the “team gets up at 5:30am to run then workout with positional drills”

Kelly was an attendee of our 1st summer workout and earned his scholarship off the video of that workout that Rasool sent to the coach at Redlands. 

Bilal, make sure with the day beginning at 5:30am that your going to bed early and that hard work will pay off. Perhaps you can join your brother at the next stop on your journey. Check back with us soon and let us know how the team is doing.

Daniel Armah, aka “The Accra Assassin”, got a chance to show Lakeland’s coach Cedric Brown his skills recently at Rick Ball’s Juco Showcase in Chicago.

Armah not only was the leading rebounder but also finished as the 3rd leading scorer. Coach Brown was very pleased with his newest recruit and has alot of confidence in his ability.

Speaking with Coach Brown last week also revealed that Armah has had a growth spurt and is now a legitimate 6′ 7″. When asked about the growth Armah simply replied “I hope I grow to 6′ 8″. We hope you grow as well Dan and feel confident you will have a breakout season with Lakeland.