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The latest on the recruiting trail

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Keene State men’s coach Rob Colbert announced his 2005 recruiting class, which contains three freshmen and a transfer:

Tyler Kathan, a 6-5 small forward from Springfield (Vt.) High who was named to the Vermont Dream Dozen, the top 12 underclassmen in the state.

Nate Anderson of Westminster, Mass., a 6-6 power forward, was Oak Mont Regional’s all-time leading scorer with over 1,200 points.

Eric Malkowski, a 6-7 center from Warwick, R.I., averaged 18.2 points and 10 rebounds a game for The Prout School last season.

The transfer is Stanley Chamberlain of Chelsea, Mass., who played two seasons at Hesser.

Marion (Ill.) Crab Orchard HS guard/forward Ray Kissing, who was named second team all-state by the Associated Press, is heading to Millikin.

Community School’s (Naples, Fla., area) Jesse Greenberg is heading to NYU. Casey Berry will play at Sewanee.

Jason Murphy, from Charleston (Ill.) HS, will play both basketball and football at Illinois College.

National Trail (Ind.) forward Tim Beck will play at Wittenberg, along with Barron Collier (Fla.) point guard R.T. Murphy.

A pair of Potomac (Md.) HS forwards, 6-4 Daniel Boettger and 6-2 Dominique Kizer, will attend Capital Athletic Conference schools. Boettger is headed to Mary Washington, and Kizer will “walk on” at Marymount, according to The Washington Post.

Warwick (Pa.) 1,000-point scorer Chris Fairbanks will attend Elizabethtown.

And a handful of Colorado natives from CoHoopsTracker.com:
Colorado College picks up Lincoln Deffenbaugh, 6-2, G, Strasburg
Coe gets Marc Gorenstein, 6-9, P, Silver Creek

In women’s recruiting news, Burke Catholic High School (Monroe, N.Y.) post player Jaimie McFarlin is heading to Washington U. “We are excited about Jaimie joining us for the next four years,” said WU coach Nancy Fahey. “Her success both on the court and in the classroom make her an ideal fit for the program and the Washington University community.”

A four-year letterwinner and team captain, McFarlin garnered team MVP honors three times and led the Eagles to three division crowns, two section championships and one region title. She averaged 14.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game during her career.

She’ll be joined by Riverdale Country School’s Zoe Julian (Teaneck, N.J.).

Arundel’s Jessica Head is heading to Hood.

Finlandia’s recruiting class:
Republic-Michigamme High School guard Lindsey Antilla
Iron Mountain guard Casey Luke
Sault Ste. Marie forward Lindsey Andrews

And from CoHoopsTracker.com:
Laura Burtner of Skyview HS to DePauw
Tina Liskof Monarch HS to St. Benedict
Hannah McKelvin of Jefferson Academy to Carnegie Mellon

D-III alumni earn NBA rings

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Congratulations to the Division III alumni on the San Antonio Spurs, who won the 2004-05 NBA championship in seven games against the Detroit Pistons.

Sure, most people should know that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was formerly head coach at Pomona-Pitzer. But can you name two others?

They’re both alumni of Emerson College. One is Sam Presti, the team’s director of player personnel. The other is a D3hoops.com All-American from 2004, Rob Hennigan, also working in the player personnel department. Of course, you know about Presti if you’re a loyal reader of Around the Nation (about two-thirds of the way down the page). That’s not the first time we’ve mentioned reading Around the Nation, by the way … maybe there’s something to be learned there.

Congrats to all.

Where are they now: Andre Foreman

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We’ve actually written about Andre Foreman before — he’s the all-time leading scorer in Division III men’s basketball history who was the Division III player of the year at Salisbury State long before our time, 1992. He finished with 2,940 career points and is still playing, most recently in Finland.

But for those who don’t know what he’s been up to, Kevin Froelich, writing for the Salisbury Daily Times, caught up with Foreman, who finally exorcised one of his basketball demons.

We last wrote about Foreman as Willie Chandler was threatening his record, in the Feb. 20, 2003, edition of Around the Nation. It’s the fourth item down on the page.

Whitten might be leaving King’s

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The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader reported in Wednesday’s editions that King’s women’s coach Bryan Whitten is a finalist for an assistant coach position at Division I Virginia Commonwealth.

Whitten is 220-103 in his career at King’s. There are two positions open and a hiring for one of them could be announced as early as Thursday. Unnamed sources told the newspaper Whitten would be hired.