Scott Smith, Iowa State basketball recruit, murdered in Kansas City

[skelly]

Anyone know more about this? Here's from the KCTV5 report:


Less than 24 hours before his death, Scott Smith learned that he had received a full scholarship to play basketball at Iowa State University. Family and friends of Smith, a 2011 Center High School graduate, gathered Sunday night at the site of his death to remember the 19-year-old.

Teen's Promising Future Cut Short By Shooting - Kansas City News Story - KCTV Kansas City

 

[CycloneErik]

Whatever the whole story is, that's a horrible story.

 

[cyclonestate]

Perhaps they got ISU confused with another university?

 

[erikbj]

Sad story

 

[Rural]

Perhaps they got ISU confused with another university?

I've never ever seen that name, so that may be the case.

 

[drmwevr08]

Perhaps they got ISU confused with another university?

That damn I state logo...





In all seriousnes, horrible deal. RIP.

 

[acgclone]

Sad story. Kansas City is a very violent city. This type of thing happens multiple times each weekend unfortunately.

 

[brokenloginagain]

hard to get much from google when your name is scott smith and you played at center high school. perhaps he was an option for the unused scholly this year - 6'1" PG.

 

[CycloneErik]

hard to get much from google when your name is scott smith and you played at center high school. perhaps he was an option for the unused scholly this year - 6'1" PG.

This was the first time I tried scout.com, and I didn't get anything.

 

[ISUChippewa]

Yes, sad, sad story, regardless of whether or not he was indeed a future Cyclone, and sorry to say it's the same story with different names and faces in different cities every weekend it seems.

Didn't we have a football recruit or maybe even a commit in Southern Florida a year or two ago who met a similar fate?

 

[Bipolarcy]

Anyone know more about this? Here's from the KCTV5 report:


Less than 24 hours before his death, Scott Smith learned that he had received a full scholarship to play basketball at Iowa State University. Family and friends of Smith, a 2011 Center High School graduate, gathered Sunday night at the site of his death to remember the 19-year-old.

Teen's Promising Future Cut Short By Shooting - Kansas City News Story - KCTV Kansas City

Is he a 2011 recruit? The story says he's 19. I doubt we'd just now be offering a 2011 PG recruit who doesn't even show up in the Rivals database.

 

[DesertClone1]

Yes, sad, sad story, regardless of whether or not he was indeed a future Cyclone, and sorry to say it's the same story with different names and faces in different cities every weekend it seems.

Didn't we have a football recruit or maybe even a commit in Southern Florida a year or two ago who met a similar fate?

yeah we did, i believe he was from texas though, he was a QB died of a heart failure i believe

 

[Ames]

Yes, sad, sad story, regardless of whether or not he was indeed a future Cyclone, and sorry to say it's the same story with different names and faces in different cities every weekend it seems.

Didn't we have a football recruit or maybe even a commit in Southern Florida a year or two ago who met a similar fate?

Yeah I remember something along those lines. Seems like he was shot leaving some high school event.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

yeah we did, i believe he was from texas though, he was a QB died of a heart failure i believe

Happened last fall. Reggie Garrett had a recent offer from us.

 

[kucyclone]

Article is down now.

Someone could drop a line to ebosshoops on twitter. He's as plugged in as anyone to KC recruiting.

 

[SC Cy]

Sad story. Kansas City is a very violent city. This type of thing happens multiple times each weekend unfortunately.

We moved from Omaha this past year and KC has far fewer murders than Omaha. In fact my wife and I were talking about how little violence there is in KC in comparison.

 

[Clone96]

Yeah I remember something along those lines. Seems like he was shot leaving some high school event.

Norman Griffith, A LB from Pahokee, FL. Although he never officially committed, all the news reports at the time said he had made up his mind to go to ISU and was going to call the coaching staff that next week & tell them.

 

[skelly]

We moved from Omaha this past year and KC has far fewer murders than Omaha. In fact my wife and I were talking about how little violence there is in KC in comparison.

Kansas City, Kansas, maybe. But not Kansas City, Missouri. I believe Omaha had 35 homicides in 2010. In KCMO, there were 106. KCMO frequently tops 100 murders a year.

 

[abcguyks]

Kansas City, Kansas, maybe. But not Kansas City, Missouri. I believe Omaha had 35 homicides in 2010. In KCMO, there were 106. KCMO frequently tops 100 murders a year.

In general, KCMO is not that bad. However, there are about 3 or 4 square miles of town that are dangerous and that is where about 75% of the murders take place.

KCK has improved immensely since they brought in NFM and the Speedway and does not seem to have a high murder rate.

 

[skelly]

In general, KCMO is not that bad. However, there are about 3 or 4 square miles of town that are dangerous and that is where about 75% of the murders take place.

KCK has improved immensely since they brought in NFM and the Speedway and does not seem to have a high murder rate.

I guess we'll just have to disagree on what's considered bad. I consider two people a week getting offed bad. On Sunday alone, there were four homicides, including this kid.