• Austin Parks, a 6-10 center from St. Mary’s Memorial High School, received an offer from Dayton on Monday, according to a report by the Ohio Buckets travel team. Parks also has offers from West Virginia, Ohio State, Toledo and Ohio.
• Maki Johnson, a 6-4 guard who attends Huntington Prep in West Virginia, announced a scholarship offer from Dayton on Tuesday. He ranks 67th in the 2023 class. Johnson has picked up offers from Louisville and Ohio State, among others, in recent weeks.
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Dayton has now offered scholarships to 10 players in the 2023 class, and six of those players rank in the top 100 of the class, according to Rivals.com.
The others in the top 100 are:
• Taylor Bol Bowen, a 6-foot-8 forward who’s from Vermont and attends the Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, ranks 26th.
• Jayden Hastings, a 6-9 forward from Orlando (Fla.) Christian Prep, ranks 43rd.
• Gavin Griffiths, a 6-7 guard from Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Conn., ranks 71st.
• Lawrent Rice, a 6-3 guard from Wayne High School, ranks 97th.
In other Dayton recruiting news:
• Trejuan Holloman, a 6-2 guard from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn., listed Dayton among his final six choices. He’s also considering Oklahoma State, Marquette, Minnesota, Michigan State and Illinois. Holloman ranks 79th in the class of 2022.
Would like to thank Head Coach Grant for the offer to the University of Dayton❤️ @DaytonMBB Go Flyers‼️ pic.twitter.com/fOk9h4BrVM
— Maki Johnson (@MakiJohnson3) June 29, 2021
Congratulations to 2023 Austin Parks (@AustinParks2023) on receiving a scholarship offer from the Dayton Flyers (@DaytonMBB)!
— #OhioBuckets 🏀🔥🏆 (@OhioBuckets) June 29, 2021
Huge thanks to @CoachGrantUD, @CoachDHertz and staff for the amazing opportunity for Austin!
GO FLYERS! 🏀🔥@SpyReportOH pic.twitter.com/41t3QQbiVi
T O P 6 #Jiggywayornoway🕺🏾@kobebohrshoots pic.twitter.com/vS6LifOD1m
— Trejuan Holloman (@Tretrehoops) June 28, 2021
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