Six More 2022 Players To Watch
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Six More 2022 Players To Watch By Michael Wholey 8/26/21 5:00 PM EST With the 2021 travel season concluded and the 2021-22 school year started, the class of 2022 has been busy. Many have taken the opportunity to visit college…
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By Michael Wholey 8/26/21 5:00 PM EST
With the 2021 travel season concluded and the 2021-22 school year started, the class of 2022 has been busy. Many have taken the opportunity to visit college campuses, participate in college elite camps, and played a number of games on the travel ball circuit. Here are six players in the class of 2022 that college coaches should be watching.
Fernanda Ovalle Fernanda Ovalle 5'11" | SF Montverde Academy | 2022 State FL (Montverde Academy / CFE) 6’0 Guard
Ovalle is a big, skilled guard who can score the basketball and is one of the state’s most under rated players. She has an extremely efficient floor game, shooting a high percentage from both the 3-point line and at the rim. The combination of her great size, skill, and international experience playing with her home country Chile in several FIBA events will make her a coveted college prospect. She has great court awareness and solid decision-making skills. She is an active defender who uses her length, anticipation skills, and basketball IQ to run through passing lanes. She is at her best in transition and in the open court attacking the rim!
Tahnyjia Purifoy Tahnyjia Purifoy 5'2" | PG Pine Forest HS | 2022 State FL (Pine Forest HS / FGB) 5’0 Guard
Purifoy is a small, aggressive point guard who plays like the ball is on a string. Confidence is not lacking as she loves the big stage and is not afraid of the big shot. She is dangerous off the dribble changing speeds and getting her defender out of her stance and blowing by her but she loves to lull her defender to sleep and pull up from 3! Typically her teams emotional and vocal leader serving as a coach on the floor. The knock on her is her size but what she lacks in size, she makes up in energy, hustle, and pure passion! She excels in an up-tempo offensive game and a pressure orientated defensive game plan.
Milahnie Perry Milahnie Perry 5'7" | CG Carrollwood Day | 2022 State FL (Carrollwood Day School / Hoop Dreams Elite) 5’7 Guard
Perry is a silky, smooth 5’7 shooting guard with slender build and can drop buckets! She can knock down the 3 from long range and put it to the floor for a 1-2 dribble pull up if the 3 is not open. She is an unselfish player with good court vision and high basketball IQ that finds the open player. She plays hard on both ends of the floor and consistently in the area of the basketball and the first to dive to the floor. She pushes the ball in transition and attacks the rim finishing with both the right and left. She verbally committed to Army last year but with a coaching change, her recruiting process is back open. She was one of the summers top shooters and would be an asset to any team by helping them space the floor and knocking down the open 3.
Krysten Sanders (Gulliver Prep) 5’2 Guard
Sanders is a high basketball IQ, crafty combo guard who does a good job taking care of the basketball, changing speeds off the dribble and getting into paint and creating shots for her teammates. She plays hard, tough, and gritty on both ends and a well rounded overall floor game.
Janay Quinn Janay Quinn 5'2" | PG Miami Sr. HS | 2022 State FL (Miami Senior HS / Miami Suns) 5’6 Guard
Quinn does a little bit of everything when she is in the floor. The 5’6 guard followed up an excellent Junior season for the Miami Senior High School Lady Stingrays playing on the 17U EYBL circuit with Miami Suns Team Fowles. She is a high-octane guard who is extremely active on both ends of the floor. On the defensive end, she picks up opposing point guard baseline to baseline and is quite the thief consistently picking their pockets. Offensively she is an aggressive penetrator who loves to attack in transition. At 5’2 she is small in size but more than makes up for it with her energy, competitive spirit, and aggressiveness.
Michiyah Simmons Michiyah Simmons 5'8" | PG Blanche Ely | 2022 State FL (Blanche Ely / Team Knight) 5’8 Guard
Simmons might be the biggest hidden gem in the class of 2022 due to missing the 2021 travel season to injury. She is an athletic scoring point guard who is fast with the ball in her hands, attacking in transition and pushing tempo at all times. She is a dynamic player, with a big time motor and a high ceiling. She excels in uptempo offensive and pressure orientated defenses and can score from multiple areas on the floor. If she returns to 100% health, Simmons might be a steal for a college program, potentially signing in the late signing period.
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