NE2K Fall Showcase Evals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last weekend, a sold-out event featuring sixty rising talents from the Tri-State Area and beyond took place in West Deptford, hosted by McDonald's All-American Committee member Kenneth "KP" Pannell. There was performance testing (3/4 court sprint time, reach, vertical shuttle run, lane agility) and six 5-on-5 games. Teams were broken down into different colors by t-shirt (green, yellow, orange) and each team played two games. The Garden State was well represented and yours truly was in attendance taking notes and scoping out the talent!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='789172' first='Yazaniah' last='Shumate']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2027","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'7u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12121","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Winslow Township","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Yaz crushed the performance testing and recorded a 24u0022 vertical, the second highest of the event, only behind D1 prospect Amany Lopez from Connecticut. 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