Robert Kelly is a veteran scout who launched Prep Girls Hoops Kansas after coming on board December 1, 2018. He relinquished lead scout duties, including quarterly rankings updates, at the end of September 2024 to devote more time to family projects while continuing to scout and write. He has been involved with Colorado and Kansas girls and women's basketball as a official, scorekeeper, scout and coach for nearly 40 years. He has coached at the YMCA, middle school, high school and collegiate ranks (NAIA, NCAA Div III). He holds masters degrees in Library Science (Kentucky) and Sports Administration (Wichita State) and ran school and college libraries for nearly 30 years. In addition to publishing for journals, books, magazines and professional newsletters he also live blogged poker tournaments for RunGood Poker Series. A poker enthusiast Robert is a Blue Shark Optics Eyewear sponsored player and contributed to Ante Up Magazine.

Jeremy Deckard brings an extensive background in education and sports to his lead scouting role at Prep Network. He is the lead scout for Prep Dig Kansas, Prep Girls Hoops Kansas, and Prep Redzone Kansas. He has worked as a secondary school teacher, adjunct college instructor, coach, and sports writer. He worked as a sports writer for the Pittsburg Morning Sun, Topeka Capital Journal, and Leavenworth Times. He also worked for the Wichita Wingnut baseball organization and for the Emporia State University Sports Information Department. He wrote a popular weekly baseball blog, View From the Upper Deck. He self-published a book, Capital City Cubbie: Tales and travels of Kansas Cubs Fan in 2012. During his writing days he covered two National Championship Football Games, the 2014 ALCS, 2014 World Series, 2015 ALCS, and several Kansas State Basketball and Volleyball Tournaments and championship football games. Deckard has coached the following sports in Kansas public schools: football, volleyball, and basketball.. He has a Master of Arts degree in History from Emporia State, and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University.

Adrian Maloney Jr brings 15 years of basketball experience to Prep hoops from coaching, playing, scouting, and recruiting. Adrian has been doing basketball training for 6 years, has coached at the ncaa d2 level and played in college for 4 years. Adrian has contributed to Prep Hoops since 2022 and currently lives in Wichita, Kansas.

John Kennedy is proud to be a new scout for Prep Girls Hoops Kansas. He lives in rural western Kansas and has always been an avid fan of prep sports—whether it's football, volleyball, track, golf, or basketball. Sports have played an enormous role in his life for as long as he can remember. John was a multi-sport letterman in Nebraska, competing in football, basketball, golf, wrestling, and track. That passion for competition and the lessons learned from sports have stayed with him and continue to shape who he is today. John has been surrounded by the game through his involvement as a recreational basketball coach and the father of a young hooper. John looks forward to meeting many of you on the basketball trail. Whether it's in that local small-town gym or a packed tournament venue in Kansas City, Wichita, Dallas, or Oklahoma City, with multiple courts, John is excited to connect and help amplify the incredible talent across the state. Let's keep working, improving, and grinding—Kansas has next!