Even with the portal opening, there is still plenty of recruitment news taking place at the high school level. Here is the latest from the past week. A few commitments that were covered in previously articles were Amare Hereford to UW-Milwaukee, Bryson Mossman to Quincy and Quentin Coleman to Illinois.

After being very busy in the portal, Northern Illinois and new head coach Matt Majkrzak have now been very busy going to work on the 2027 class extending out several offers. These went to Eli Krueger of McFarland and Wisconsin Swing, Ed Stasys of Benet Academy and Illinois Wolves, Charlie Hoel of Stanley Boyd and Wisconsin Playmakers, Logan Ramczyk of Xavier and Elevate, Hayden Schroeder of Wheaton Academy and Young & Reckless, Zeak Jones of Dominican and Team Haliburton, and Colin Julien of Whitefish Bay and Chapman Basketball Academy.

Arkansas Little Rock picked up a commitment from one of the top available seniors in Wisconsin. This came from Jakari Smith of Bradley Tech and PGC.

Baylor becomes the newest program to offer Davion Thompson of Link Academy. The junior guard also holds offers from Kansas, Arkansas, Oregon, Oklahoma, Indiana, among many others.

From Edwardsville High School and SW Illinois Jets, senior Miccah Butler has made his commitment to Maryville University.

Carthage College landed a commitment from Kain Kretschmar, a 6’4” two guard of Lake Zurich and ALL IN Athletics.

Another senior out of Illinois making their commitment was Cade Styrsky. The guard of Providence Catholic and Mercury Elite picked Knox College.

Finley Strom, a senior guard of Aquinas and D1 Minnesota Gold, has committed to St. Mary’s (MN).

Senior Jaden Hardiman of Milwaukee Juneau reeled in offers from Wabash Valley and then UW-Whitewater over the past few days.

Goshen College has offered KJ Avery, a senior of St. Joe and Indiana Game.

Edwin Holmes, a senior of Princeton Community and Progeny, has been offered by IU-East.

IU-East also put out an offer to Gradin Swoveland, a senior of Jay County and Indiana Elite.

Marian has picked up a commitment from Jayce Schmitt, a senior of Johnsburg and Fundamental U.