Academic All-West Breakdown of Former Arizona High School Basketball Players Recruited to Top Academic Colleges for Lower D1, D2, D3 and NAIA
List of Elite Academic Colleges with Limited Athletic Scholarships with Primary Aid from Academic and Need Based Scholarships
National Universities (US News & World Report) National Universities offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master's, and doctoral degrees
Division 1 (Primarily non-athletic scholarship or limited athletic scholarship conference with majority of athletes receiving financial aid from academic and
need based aid)
Harvard Cambridge, MA Ivy League Justin Hall (Chaparral), Ryan Little (Gilbert)
Princeton Princeton, NJ Ivy League Edwin Buffmire (Saguaro), Gus Gabel (Chaparral), Michael Strittmatter (Brophy)
Yale New Haven, CT Ivy League John Shumate (Brophy)
Brown Providence, RI Ivy League Marques Coleman (Cactus)
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA Colonial David Schneider (Brophy)
Division 2 (Up to 10 athletic scholarships with significant percentage of team on partial athletic scholarship combined with academic scholarship for financial
aid)
U California – San Diego La Jolla, CA Calif. Collegiate Elliott Clark (Gilbert), Nathan Murphy (Mountain View), Jon Ward (Paradise Valley)
Division 3 (No athletic scholarships with entire financial aid package based on athletes receiving financial aid from academic and need based aid)
California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA SCIAC Ethan Boroson (Catalina Foothills)
Washington U St. Louis St. Louis, MO University Zach Greenberg, (Desert Mountain). Danny O’Boyle (Saguaro), Ryan Pawling (Chaparral)
Oberlin Oberlin, OH North Coast Andrew Fox (Corona del Sol) and Johnathan Nelson (Saguaro)
Case Western Reserve Cleveland, OH University Kyle Peterson (Fountain Hills)
Liberal Arts Colleges (US News & World Report) Liberal arts colleges emphasize undergraduate education and award at least half of their degrees in the liberal
arts fields of study
Division 1 (Primarily non-athletic scholarship or limited athletic scholarship conference with majority of athletes receiving financial aid from academic and
need based aid)
Army West Point, NY Patriot League Andrew Pawling (Chaparral)
Colgate Hamilton, NY Patriot League Alex English (Paradise Valley), Jon Simon (Sunnyslope), Daniel Waddy (Salpointe)
Navy Annapolis, MD Patriot League Kaleo Kina (Trevor Browne), T.J. Topercer (St. Mary’s)
Division 3 (No athletic scholarships with entire financial aid package based on athletes receiving financial aid from academic and need based aid)
Claremont McKenna Claremont, CA SCIAC Ben Bergsma (Valley Christian), Craig Borengasser (Corona Del Sol), Dan Winterbottom (Corona Del Sol)
Grinnell Grinnell, IA Midwest Matt Skelly (St. Mary's), Marquez Valdez (Brophy)
Colorado College Colorado, Springs, CO S. Collegiate Nate Brodman (Arcadia), Lance Jacobs (Bradshaw Mountain)
DePauw Greencastle, IN S. Collegiate Erik Hagen (Dobson)
Hobart & William Smith Geneva, NY Liberty Michael Barlow (Seton Catholic)
Lewis & Clark Portland, OR Northwest James Hollins (St. Mary's), Josh Kollasch (Tucson Sabino)
Puget Sound Tacoma, WA Northwest Robert Krauel (North Canyon)
Notes: There are at least 36 former Arizona high school basketball players who recently have been recruited to the top academic (non or reduced athletic scholarship)
universities. These basketball players have achieved varying levels of success on-the-court. The common denominator off-the-court is their academic success. Over 95% of the
players will graduate in four years and the vast majority have continued to achieve high GPAs in college