Academic All West Staff
Staff and Talent Evaluators


Ron Coleman  is the founder of one the top basketball tournaments on the West Coast - Southwest
Showcase.  In addition, he has co-founded the Academic All West Camp (with Jon Perryman) and the Prospects
Review Camp (Senior Exposure Event).  Ron has seen every current collegiate basketball player from Arizona
compete in his camps and tournaments.  Ron understands the recruiting process of academic schools as his son
Marques Coleman is currently a member of the Brown University's basketball team.

Ron has coached many top AAU teams in Arizona and has been a camp counselor at several elite camps including
the Michael Jordan Flight School.

Ron is also a basketball analyst for the leading Arizona Rivals site  (ArizonaVarsity.com) where he covers players
from Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff and Yuma.  


Jon Perryman  is the founder and publisher of the successful Arizona Rivals site, ArizonaVarsity.com.  He is
also the co-founder of the Academic All West Camp. Jon has coached many top AAU teams in Arizona (5 state and
one national title) and has been a camp counselor at several elite camps including five years at the Michael
Jordan Flight School.  Jon has served as the Arizona Boys AAU Basketball Chairman, and was a guest speaker at
the Nike National High School Basketball Coaches meeting in Atlanta in 1999. Jon is involved in evaluating and
ranking Arizona's boys basketball players.  

Jon has a son (Arizona) an Academic All-American daughter (Arizona/Kansas) competing at the D1 level in track &
field. His sister's sons went on to be Academic All-American's, one in D1 football (Oklahoma, 3 years in the NFL)
the other in D1 golf (Georgia - currently the head coach at Oklahoma University), so he understands the
recruiting process, and the importance of academics.


Ray A Magee  graduated from Stockton State College (Pomona, NJ) in 1989. He was a member of the 1987
Div.III Men's Basketball Final Four Team and New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship Teams (1987, 1988).
Ray was the 1988 Div. III Three Point Field Goal Percentage Champion.  In addition, Ray was a member of the 1988
New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's basketball All Conference Team.

Ray has been a camp Counselor at the Seton Hall University Men's Basketball Elite Camp and he was involved
with the New Jersey Wildcats AAU program.


Rodger Farrington has played professional basketball for over 11 years, has over 25 years of competitive
experience and 2 years of coaching in basketball camps and private lessons.  He graduated from Arizona State
University and was a starter on the team from 1995 - 1997.  He played professional basketball internationally in
Japan, Belgium, Italy, Israel and Sweden to name a few, for 11 years and was a starting player throughout his
career. Rodger is the founder and director of Reach Basketball (www.reachbasketball.com).