North Dakota Preps

Looking at this years all state players - curious as to where they're headed next year. I've filled in what I know.

FIRST TEAM
Jacob Hagler - North Star
Jacob Volk - Dickinson Trinity
Tanner Holte - Des Lacs-Burlington
Trevor Zacher - Beulah - SD School of the MInes - Basketball
Jordan Haseleu - Maple Valley

SECOND TEAM
Jade Bentz - Trenton
Taylor Zentner - Mott-Regent
Houston Lavachek - Glenburn
Donovan Lambert - Shiloh Christian
Austin Longie - Four Winds-Minnewaukan
Daniel Grande - North Star
Kris Wathne - Griggs County Central
Briton Bussman - Milnor - Senior Year
Ellery Bresnahan - Central Cass - UND Baseball
Jeff Illies - Wyndmere-Lidgerwood - NDSU Football

Hagler - have heard JuCo, NAIA, and D2 schools are all potential options. I have a feeling he will end up at an NAIA that would be a great fit. Most likely in North Dakota.
Volk - have heard JuCo and NAIA. Most likely in North Dakota.
Holte - will be a senior.
Haselau - looks like JuCo or D2. Most likely in North Dakota.

Lavachek - Williston State
Lambert - have heard JuCo in the Bismarck area.
Grande - I THINK football at MSUM. Not 100% sure.

balla45 wrote:Hagler - have heard JuCo, NAIA, and D2 schools are all potential options. I have a feeling he will end up at an NAIA that would be a great fit. Most likely in North Dakota.

Quote of yours from last season.

balla45 wrote:No. Joe wins hands down. Although Hagler's D1 ability is definitely better than UND. Hanstad had AAU games where he put up 25 points in a ten minute stretch.

What changed so much from last year?

UND was able to sign Quinton Hooker, which I absolutely did not see coming. He didn't play a lot of summer ball and did not improve as much as I thought he would athletically. His stock dropped a lot, in my opinion, due to those two things. I like his game a lot, but just that he didn't show a lot of athletic improvement from sophomore to junior year, and from junior year to senior year likely hurt him a lot. His skill level is definitely there, but he doesn't have a D1 body at this point. I still think he would have had a very solid chance had UND not been able to sign Hooker though.

A few of the MN kids had huge summers and had their stock rise dramatically, which took away some other scholarship opportunities that may have been there for a guy like Hagler. Just as an example, one player in particular in MN went from 0 offers to (I believe) 12, after playing for HP EYBL. I thought Hagler would have a similarly successful summer, as I feel that both players are similar.

The thing a lot of people may not realize is that there are athletes playing D2 who are better ball players than some guys who are playing D1. It is really easy to get crossed off of a recruiting list these days, and with so many players in MN who are high caliber D2 guys, they are usually going to get those chances, especially when the player is borderline.

For the most part, the Minnesota D2 schools, for the most part, do not seem to go after ND kids as much as the SD D2 schools. So now, if you are a D1 looking at who you will offer, and you have two kids who are fairly even, but one is a kid with 8 D2 offers, while the other is a kid with 2 D2 offers, which can happen simply because of market, who are you going to give the offer to and who are you going to ask to walk on?

Hagler -JC

jimthometwins wrote:Hagler -JC

I think he will do well at JC, coming from a former Jimmie!

I heard Taylor Zentner is either going to BSC or DSU for basketball

North Dakota Jamestown College Signees
Jacob Hagler - North Star
Jordan Funfar - Oak Grove
Justin Heisler - West Fargo

Jacob Volk signs with Dickinson State

Mikey Jacobson signed with Div. II Bemidji State.