Image by oregonlive.com By Orion Crofut
Staff Writer AAU sports have really blown up in the past five years. For Payton Pritchard and his AAU basketball team, FAST, scouts for colleges were looking at the athletic young man at as young as the age of twelve. Many young adults with great athletic potential do not get recruited to d1 or d2 colleges due to lack of exposure. Exposure and who you know almost fully determine on where you play as an athlete nowadays. For Pritchard, getting offers were easy as pie. Along with his crazy quickness and insane shooting percentage, his father, Terry, had all the right connections. “Pritchard is tough, competitive lead guard that is more athletic and stronger than he appears. He finishes well on the break for his size with either hand and does a great job attacking through contact where he draws fouls. Pritchard is a knock down shooter off the catch or dribble,” says the analysts at Espn.com. With offers from over 15 schools, Pritchard managed to narrow down his options down to just two schools, Oregon and Oklahoma. In late August 2014 Pritchard made a verbal commitment to the University of Oklahoma Sooners, but things got a little shaky. Following the 2014-2015 season, Pritchard decided otherwise. “The 6-foot point guard from West Linn, Ore. was a one-time Oklahoma commit, but opened things back up this summer. 247Sports.com and DuckTerritory.com have confirmed with 2016 four-star point guard Payton Pritchard that he has indeed committed to the Oregon Ducks.” (247Sports.com and DuckTerritory.com). What Pritchard did was very unexpected, given that the Oklahoma Sooners were on track to be a Final Four team, but Pritchard chose to take the home route and commit to Oregon. The Ducks are a growing program with many new players from all across the nation. Pritchard's potential as a point guard fit the Ducks basketball team perfectly. Comments are closed.
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