New York Summer Spotlight: Part I
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In this series, we will focus on highlighting prospects heading into the summer circuit. These players had strong high school campaigns this past season and will look to carry that momentum into the summer. Veralyn Aviles NY #8 PG #4…
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Continue ReadingIn this series, we will focus on highlighting prospects heading into the summer circuit. These players had strong high school campaigns this past season and will look to carry that momentum into the summer.
The Murry Bergtraum sophomore averaged 36.75 points, 6.25 and 7 assists in four games during the 2022/2023 playoffs. Aviles is an athletic, versatile bucket getter with room to improve on defense. Has a Jalen Brunson type of vibe to her game. Cool, calm, collected on the floor. Has a confident mid-range game that she likes to utilize. She commands the floor and looks to push the pace every time the ball is in her hands. Relentless with her effort, always makes the extra plays to win games. Pure shooting stroke with good follow through, needs to her improve her low release/hitch on the mechanics. She possesses great balance and uses her physicality to her advantage to create space in the post. Her running floater is fun to watch. Looks to attack the basket and get her teammates good looks when she draws double teams, and has great vision to kick out to teammates. Sweet mid-range game and solid rebounder. Once her defense catches up to her offense, she has the potential to be one of the best.
The Walkill, NY native is a fearless shooter with catch and shoot ability, deep range, and solid shooting mechanics. She plays tenacious defense with and great lateral quickness and leaves little space to work with. Mesuch looks to push the break turning defense into offense. She gets her teammates involved and plays team basketball first. Has a chance to make some noise on the summer circuit and continue to develop all aspects of her game.
Ziogas can take over a game and plays unselfishly. She gets to the basket with ease and has the handle to match. Confident and silky smooth from beyond the arc. She can shoot it in multitude of ways, and her mid range game could use more development. Great playmaking vision and works well off the pick and rolls while being decisive in distributing the ball or attacking the paint. She will continue to improve her stock with a strong summer circuit under her belt. Exciting prospect that will get continue to trend upward.