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11/21 Update: JA'VON COTTON-2014 6'3 G/F of Elizabethtown High & Louisville Prospects AAU

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**11/21** The King of the Bluegrass Holiday Tournament released its participants for 2013. Elizabethtown High School, including Ja'von Cotton and Dominique Harding, of the Louisville Prospects AAU. 8/23 Ja'von had a good week, on top of reactivating his twitter account, he picked up serious interest from Ohio Wesleyan and Lindsey Wilson and Coach Peck. He is expecting to visit both, very soon. He said he has also received interest from Bellarmine and Transylvania. Along with being a top-notch student-athlete, his "motor" separates him from many basketball players. No matter who signs Ja'von, they will be getting an excellent human being, a true student-athlete and a very mature young man. *More updates to come Local recruitment of Ja'von has been said to have picked up recently, with a strong 2012-13 in high school, consistent spring in AAU and now with summer league going on and July's AAU schedule due to begin with the Prospects...it should be...

Update 6/27 EZRA TROUTMAN 2014 F-Bullitt East H.S. (KY) & Prospects AAU

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**1/1 Update** LIT bids are announced, congrats to Bullitt East BB http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20131231/SPORTS05/312310082/1031/SPORTS/Republic-Bank-Louisville-Invitational-Bullitt-East-draws-top-spot-tournament Update 7/4 http://kentuckypreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1521071 Ezra had a very consistent 2013 spring in AAU; recently his high school participated in the Derek Smith Shootout here in Louisville. Along with Bullitt East, his cousin Rhett Troutman are teammates for the Silver squad for the Louisville Prospects 2014's. Ezra has received interest from Centre College, and is looking forward to expanding that list as the Silver squad for the Louisville Prospects 2014's Silver will compete at the adidas Indianapolis Invitational & Eddie Ford Hoopfest (Louisville). Should be a fun July for the nicknamed, Big Fundamental...Ezra Troutman.

2014 BRANDON MARSHALL-Jeffersontown HS & Prospects AAU

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**2/17 Update** Brandon will be attending the April 23rd Metro Exposure Camp here in Louisville, KY. Tomorrow night is Senior Night at Jeffersontown's game. It was great to coach Brandon and even better to know him. Good young man and family. 1/1 Update LIT bids are released, Jtown is in! http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20131231/SPORTS05/312310082/1031/SPORTS/Republic-Bank-Louisville-Invitational-Bullitt-East-draws-top-spot-tournament 8/4 Update Brandon has impressed me with his defensive skills over the spring & summer. With his attitude and commitment to defense, his recruitment will be picking up soon. His play is a huge reason we had a great run at Nationals in Florida last month. Great young man!! He had a solid Battle of the Bridges performance this past weekend. http://newsandtribune.com/highschoolsports/x125810774/BATTLE-OF-THE-BRIDGES-Indiana-boys-fall-short-in-uphill-battle **7/8** Brandon has received interest from Utah Valley Un...

Louisville Prospects Coach Kenton Aubrey-2016 #ProspectsAAU @Kaubrey25_

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**7/16 Update** Coach Kenton Aubrey will assume coaching duties as well as his other administrative duties within the organization. Great to have him back on the sideline! Good young coach! **Update   6/27** Coach Aubrey will be working Tom Creans Camps at Indiana University. Coach is a hard worker. *6/22* Michigan State's Tom Izzo and our Coach Kenton Aubrey-2013 MSU camp *6/18* Coach Aubrey was selected/asked to work the Michigan State's Tom Izzo camp for another week. Congratulations!! *6/16* Coach Aubrey left today to work the Michigan State's Coach Tom Izzo' camp. Prior to him leaving he helped evaluate players that were participating in the Derek Smith Shootout here in Louisville. Coach Aubrey has had a great spring and early summer...we look forward to a strong NCAA July evaluation period with our 17U's. This AAU season he has experienced head coaching, establishing his relationships with the focus on mentoring and teaching...

BATTLE OF THE BRIDGES 2014's Practice Tonight and Official Roster

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*Practice will be held at Elizabethtown High School July 31st from 6-8 pm...no excuses! August 2nd-4th The following have been invited to participate in tryouts & practice: Of the 18 below, 12 will make the cut. We also have a waiting list, and will be updated. - Deadline to respond is Saturday, July 20th (can respond on twitter @LouProspectsFou or email us at louprospectsfoundation@gmail.com 1. Dominique Harding-Etown 2. Troy White-Iroquois 3. Daniel Williams-Jtown 4. Devon Johnson-Iroquois 5. Brandon Marshall-Jtown 6. Jacob Mills-Valley 7. Demetrius Stanton Jr.-Ballard 8. Daulton Peters-West Jessamine 9. Ezra Troutman-B.E. 10. Rhett Troutman-B.E. 11. Caleb Wigginton-Taylor Co. Alternate: Derio Little-Iroquois *Confirmed http://www.midamericasportscenter.com/basketball/tournaments.php http://www.louisvilleprospectsfoundation.org/#!events/cngp http://www.teamhoops.com/bridges.htm

2/12 Update-2014 DEVON JOHNSON Iroquois HS & Prospects AAU

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**2/12 Update** Devon has a good season and is a member of an Iroquois High basketball team that has played good competition and won. One of those wins was over a really good team from Allatoona, GA. His stat lines looks like this: 19.6ppg; 4.7 rpg; 3 apg http://kysports.tv/video/2014/02/allatoona-ga-vs-iroquois-hs-boys-basketball-2013-14-video/ http://kysports.tv/video/2014/02/devon-johnson-hits-winning-shot-for-iroquois-beats-1-allatoona-video/ 2/1 Update Congratulations to the Iroquois High School Boys Basketball team on their big win! "Iroquois becomes the first team to knock off Allatoona, the previously undefeated and No. 1 5A team in Georgia.  Devon Johnson scored the last five points of the game for Iroquois. Johnson capped off an Iroquois spurt to tie the game at 47 with a little over a minute in regulation, causing Allatoona to call a timeout to regroup.  Down one with 8 seconds, Johnson took the ball the length of the court to hit the game-winning...

2015 6'8 ZANE NAJDAWI @ZNajdawi of The Citadel

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Zane Najdawi (F) Class of 2015 GPA:      Test Scores: Congratulations to Zane and his family, on signing with The Citadel. **2/10  Update** Apparently, Zane is making an impression in Virginia..." Clint Jackson  ‏ @ clintjackson1     Watching 2015 sleeper PF Zane Najdawi at Cosby HS (Va) Midlothian. 6-8 with bounce, good feet and a rugged inside game. Nice looking mid major." **2/5 Update** Hearing Zane is playing very well at Cosby High in Chesterfield, VA. As we've become accustomed to, Zane is filling the stat sheets up...20 ppg on 65% FG; 10 rpg; 5 blocks per game. Zane is impressive to watch and for me, a complete joy to coach!!  8/11 Update Zane will be attending Cosby HS in Chesterfield, VA and his recruitment is still moving along. He will showing his talent in the ELITE100 JR. ALL-AMERICAN SHOWCASE in October.  One of the best things about this summer turns out to be one of the wors...