Northwestern Lands Second Class Of 2011 Commitment

By Roy & Harv Schmidt

July 18, 2010

4:00 P.M. CST

Illinois Prep Bulls-eye has learned through reliable sources that Tre Demps, a 6'3 class of 2011 guard from Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio has committed to Northwestern University.  Demps chose the Wildcats over Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Colorado and Stanford. 

Demps is known primarily as a point guard but also has the ability to move over to the 2-guard spot.  He turned in a solid performance during the first half of the July evaluation period at the King City Classic in Cleveland.  Scouts that have watched him regard his primary strengths as being his perimeter shooting and ability to attack the basket.

Demps becomes Northwestern's second commitment from the class of 2011, as he joins 6'1 point guard David Sobolewski from Benet Academy in Lisle, IL, who committed to the Wildcats a week ago.  While both Demps and Sobolewski are primarily point guards, they are both capable of playing off the ball and should therefore serve as perfect compliments to one another.  There is no question that both of them will add to Northwestern's back court depth.

Once again, Northwestern assistant coach Tavaras Hardy was pivotal in Demps' recruitment and it was the strong relationship that Hardy developed with Demps that enabled the Wildcats to close the deal.  There is no question that his commitment gives Northwestern and head coach Bill Carmody considerable recruiting momentum heading into the second half of the evaluation period this coming week. 

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