Mycheal Henry, the 6'5 class of 2011 forward from Orr High School in Chicago has received a scholarship offer courtesy of the University of Wisconsin.  It is Henry's first offer to date from a high major program.  Henry is also being recruited by Fairfield University, Loyola-Chicago, Illinois State and St. Louis.

Badgers head coach Bo Ryan extended the offer to Henry after Wisconsin's game versus Indiana today at the Kohl Center in Madison.  In addition, assistant coach Howard Moore was in attendance to watch Henry last week in his contest versus Hyde Park in the Chicago Public League playoffs.  The offer was confirmed to us by Mike Weinstein, Henry's traveling team coach and CEO of the Rising Stars.

Henry is enjoying a fantastic season at Orr and is unquestionably one of the fastest-rising players in Illinois from the 2011 class.  He is a athletic and strong, rebounds well and is a consistent scorer around the basket.  Not only that, but Henry has begun to show a face-up game and is now more than capable of stepping out and knocking down jumpers with consistency out to the arc.  To top everything off, Henry is solid in the classroom.  We would not be the least bit surprised to see more offers come Henry's way down the road once more schools get the opportunity to see him play either in the class 3A state tournament which begins in a couple of weeks or this coming summer.

Henry is part of a Rising Stars program that once again figures to be one of the best 17-under traveling teams not only in Illinois, but also nationally.  In addition to Henry, they will feature 6'7 class of 2011 forward Ryan Sawvell from Mundelein High School in Mundelein, IL, 6'0 class of 2011 point guard Garrett Jones from Evanston Township High School in Evanston, IL and 6'4 class of 2011 forward Quintin Chievous from Notre Dame High School in Niles, IL among others.

Getting back to Wisconsin, as we have mentioned previously, the Badgers have two remaining scholarships to give in the class of 2011 and continue to hit the state of Illinois hard, as they remain in the running for 6'2 combo guard Chasson Randle from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, IL and of course already have a commitment from 5'11 point guard George Marshall from Brooks College Prep in Chicago.  

Continue to check in with Illinois Prep Bulls-eye for all of the latest as it pertains to recruiting and high school basketball in Illinois.