Basketball Commit (Walk on)

[McKinney]

This may be part of a package deal to land another kid from Gilbert--Jack Hoiberg

 

[WastedTalent]

This may be part of a package deal to land another kid from Gilbert--Jack Hoiberg

Never heard of him

 

[Jacktronic]

I thought you were allowed 3 walk-ons along with 13 scholarship players? We just have been carrying an open walk-on slot on the roster.

That was my belief as well. The CF scholly chart shows room for 3 walkons.

 

[GrindingAway]

I bet he would get good minutes at a lower level MVC school like Drake or Evanston

And if those don't work out he could always try Iowa.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

Pretty sure jack hoiberg would be a walkon too. Not because he's bad but because fred can afford to pay tuition and it opens up another scholarship. A la Doug McDermott.

 

[Cycsk]

Greder is much better known for his talents in XC and T&F. The kid has ran sub-16 for 5k and a 4:29 1600m (essentially a 4:31 mile). He's a 3x state medalist in cross country and twice in track with this spring still coming. He does pair his endurance with a personal best of 6' 2" in the high jump, which is traditionally good enough to place top 12 at state in any classification. However, he has never qualified for state, hitting 5'8" at state qualifying. He also pitched for Gilbert with an ERA of 1.21 and had a batting average of 0.345.

Clearly, he is an athlete and having been a 4-sporter he will have a lot of upside to develop rapidly under a single focus. If he has fast hands to go with his endurance, he could apply some relentless scout-team full-court pressure.

They need someone who can run up and down the floor with McKay in practice!

 

[HiltonSouth]

Stensland to Greder alley-oop dunk next year in the Final Four

Yup and CRP beats Nick Saban for the National Championship three months earlier.

 

[HoibergIsMyHero]

I thought you were allowed 3 walk-ons along with 13 scholarship players? We just have been carrying an open walk-on slot on the roster.

Why hasn't Fred been filling this?!? I volunteer as tribute for the rest of the season.

 

[Mtowncyclone13]

what do courtside seats cost?

i'll donate that much to be the third walk-on.

 

[cloneteach]

Pretty sure jack hoiberg would be a walkon too. Not because he's bad but because fred can afford to pay tuition and it opens up another scholarship. A la Doug McDermott.

Doug only did that for one year because Gibbs came back and didn't have a spot. Non-scholarship athletes aren't supposed to get access to some of the things scholarship athletes are. If he is scholarship worthy, he will be on a scholarship IMO.

 

[Danger]

Greder is much better known for his talents in XC and T&F. The kid has ran sub-16 for 5k and a 4:29 1600m (essentially a 4:31 mile). He's a 3x state medalist in cross country and twice in track with this spring still coming. He does pair his endurance with a personal best of 6' 2" in the high jump, which is traditionally good enough to place top 12 at state in any classification. However, he has never qualified for state, hitting 5'8" at state qualifying. He also pitched for Gilbert with an ERA of 1.21 and had a batting average of 0.345.

Clearly, he is an athlete and having been a 4-sporter he will have a lot of upside to develop rapidly under a single focus. If he has fast hands to go with his endurance, he could apply some relentless scout-team full-court pressure.

Just found this picture from his Twitter (@wesleygreder2). Yeah, you could say he's an athlete.

 

[Cydar]

Area coaches voted Greder as the Ames Tribune all-area boys' basketball player of the year. Congrats!
http://amestrib.com/sports/boys-basketball-greder-named-all-area-player-year

 

[Cyinthenorth]

If I could guess, Kourtlin is getting a scholly making room for this guys walk on spot.

 

[Skidoosh]

a sub-16 5k? sweet jesus...

 

[CyDude16]

If I could guess, Kourtlin is getting a scholly making room for this guys walk on spot.

Wrong

 

[Cyforce]

If I could guess, Kourtlin is getting a scholly making room for this guys walk on spot.

I'm sure Kourtlin is a great kid and a hard worker but walk-ons earn scholarships for contributions during games.

 

[isufbcurt]

If I could guess, Kourtlin is getting a scholly making room for this guys walk on spot.

You realize you can have multiple walkons right?

 

[Dandy]

Kourtlin is not getting a scholarship.

 

[CyFan61]

If I could guess, Kourtlin is getting a scholly making room for this guys walk on spot.

We don't need to "make room" - you are allowed three walk-ons on the team. Fred has just had two in the past but next year he will have a full three.

That said if we don't fill up all 3 remaining scholarships for next year then he might as well use one on Kourtlin as a one-time thing; it's not like you can bank it.

 

[CyArob]

We don't need to "make room" - you are allowed three walk-ons on the team. Fred has just had two in the past but next year he will have a full three.

That said if we don't fill up all 3 remaining scholarships for next year then he might as well use one on Kourtlin as a one-time thing; it's not like you can bank it.

Or leave one open for a McKay or Burton transfer so they don't have to pay their own way for a semester.