No Surprise Whatsoever!! Tommy Hamilton Jr. And Alex Foster Receive Scholarship Offers From University Of Illinois

June 24, 2009

10:00 A.M. CST

We told everyone in a previous entry yesterday (http://ilprepbullseye.com/page49.html) that after offering a scholarship to Simeon's Jabari Parker on the first day of their Satellite Camp at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, that the University of Illinois would also inevitably be extending offers to the two other prized in-state recruits in the class of 2013--6'7 Tommy Hamilton Jr. from Whitney Young High School in Chicago and 6'6 Alex Foster from De LaSalle Institute in Chicago.  Once again, we were right on the money, as both Hamilton Jr. and Foster received offers from Illini head coach Bruce Weber yesterday on the Satellite Camp's final day.

The Illini offers to Parker, Hamilton Jr. and Foster are all absolute no-brainers.  Not only are they the top three players in the state from the 2013 class, but they are also among the top ten prospects in that class nationally.  The fact that Weber has reached out with early offers to them is indicative of how he and the entire Illini coaching staff are going full-speed ahead with their efforts to recruit the class of 2013 and that they are making all three of these players top recruiting priorities.

A head-to-head matchup between Hamilton Jr. and Foster was the highlight of the day yesterday on the second day of action at Moody.  Both players looked extremely impressive in that contest.  Hamilton Jr. and Foster guarded one another at the defensive end and were both aggressive on offense, with each one taking it to the other.

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