May 9, 2009

5:15 P.M. CST

Nnana Egwu, the 6'9 class of 2011 center from St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago has received a scholarship offer courtesy of Purdue University.  Boilermaker head coach Matt Painter extended the offer to Egwu yesterday, as the sophomore big man is currently on an unofficial visit to the West Lafayette campus this weekend.  News of the offer was confirmed to us through Mike Mullins, the head coach and CEO of the Illinois Wolves, which is Egwu's traveling team.

The Purdue offer brings Egwu's total number of scholarship offers from Big Ten schools to four, to go along with previous ones from Wisconsin, Northwestern  and Illinois.  In addition, Egwu has also been offered by Oregon State. 

Egwu is enjoying a productive spring with the Wolves thus far, and there is no question that his stock remains on the rise.  Painter and the Boilermakers are also maintaining heavy recruiting interest in Egwu's teammate with the Wolves, 6'2 class of 2011 combo guard Chasson Randle from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, IL.

Additional Note

... Alex Rossi, the 6'5 class of 2010 shooting guard from New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL is on the west coast swing of his unofficial visit schedule, as he is visiting both California  and Stanford this weekend.  We fully expect both Pac 10 schools to officially extend scholarship offers to Rossi before his visits are completed.  Marquette is yet another program that is greatly stepping up their recruiting efforts with Rossi, who competes on the traveling team circuit with the Rising Stars Gold.

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