UCExposure Recruiting Reports
Austin Camp Report
Player Evaluations, Writeups & Rankings on Top Prospects at the SA Camp That Won The Day. Evaluations On Players Written by Former 20 Year College Recruiting Coordinator and the Director of UC Exposure Camps
-Russell ‘Coach V’ Vanlandingham-
‘Top Prospects’
6’1 Combo Guard 2026 Paul Gumbert-Mendoza | Wimberley HS William Has Done it Again! Back to Back Finishes on ‘Top’ in the DFW & Houston Camp and is Consistent at Playing to His College Ready Strengths and That’s Defend The 3-5 Positions on D, And Is an Elite Rebounder That Pursues Boards and Gets Lots of Putbacks or Second Shots for his Team. Every Time I Get To Work With Will He Impresses Me More and More, Not Only With His Motor But With His Approach To Competing and Being Coached. When Corrected He Moves Onto the Next Possession, Adjusts and Makes Progress. With His Physicality and That Approach His Stock Will Continue To Rise and Don’t Be Surprised If He Ends Up Leading His District in RPG and Selected Defensive POY! I Wouldn’t Wait To Late on Big Will, With The Issues Coaches Have With Players Making The Transition To College Will Checks All The Boxes So Worth a Hard Look… Projected Levels: Top Ranked NAIA / NCAA D2
5’10 Point Guard 2026 Jzackery Deleon | SA Harlan HS Another ‘Top Prospect’ That Continues To Win Me Over is Elijah from Monterey. Like William Elijah has Finished on ‘Top’ In Back to Back Camps And In Both Houston and Dallas He’s Dominated The Skills Challenge, and Led his Team To The Winning Ways Competition Which Takes Making Winning Plays Without The Ball In Your Hands. But Bottom Line, When Dozens of Invited Players From The Surrounding Area Were Saving Legs For Live Periods, Elijah Hopped On a Plane, Arrived at 11:40 And Started The Camp Full Speed Than Rushed over to the All n One Showcase at 5pm to Play In front of Coaches From 6-8:30pm. There Is No Secret To Why I’m Already Making a Push To NAIA / D2 Level Coaching As That Mindset Is What You Need To Move Onto Scholarship Level Boards Over The Course of the Season. Projected Levels: Top Ranked NCAA D3+ / NAIA (Great FIT for an Up Tempo Program)
6’8 Small Forward 2026 Nick McLean | Winston Salem Christian Daniel Showed Signs of Scoring it at all 3 Levels, Has the Versatility Athleticism and Length to Guard the 1-3 Spots, and Is Tough To Stop In Transition When He Is Attacking Downhill. Just Has The Look of a Higher Level Prospect (D2+/LM D1) and Has Time on his Side To Continue To Grow His Game. Would be a Great FIT in a Program That Extends Their Defensive Pressure, Switches Screens and Pushes It To Score Off Missed Shots. Really Intriguing Wing That Has all the Tools and Talent To Play His Way Into a D1 Level Offer. Took Coaching Well, And Got Better and Better as the Camp Went On. I Encourage Daniel To Make Being a Lock Down Defender His Ticket To D1 Offers, Cause He’s Already a Scholarship Level Offensive Player and Rebounder from The Guard Position. Really Like His Upside and The Way He Finished The Camp in Houston. Progress Is The Key In Your First Camp and He Continued To Look Better and Better as the Day Went. Keep Growing Your Game Daniel and Your Recruitment Will Take Care of itself… Projected Levels: D1 JUCO / NCAA D2+
5’10 Point Guard 2027 Miles Hardeman | Pflugerville Weiss HS Jesse was only one of 2 Prospects Listed by all 4 College Coaches On Staff as a Scholarship Level Stretch 4. Needs the Right System but no doubt is a Next Level Recruit That NAIA / D2 Programs Should Add To Their List of Recruits to Watch This Season. If You Run a Lot of Ball Screen Action with the Trail 4 or Like to Space The Floor In the HC with a Pick n Pop 4 Than Jesse Needs to be on your Radar. Showed The Ability To Take it off the Bounce as Well and Guard on the Perimeter But is at his Best Setting Ball Screens and Making Plays In PnR Action. He Also Left His Mark By Showcasing a Motor and Competitive Mindset In Session One When Coaches Evaluate Players In College Intense Situations To See Who Can Make Plays Under Duress. Jesse Passed the Test and Teams That Set Ball Screens and Run High Low Action Should Add Jesse To Your 2026s To Watch. Projected Levels: NAIA / NCAA D2
6’4 Playmaker 2027 Adonis Wright | Pflugerville Weiss HS Another Player That Has Elevated His Game In Every Facet Since I Last Evaluated Him In the 2024 Camp is Jesus Valenzuela. Jesse was a High Energy Player a Year Ago, but He’s Playing with a Lot more Confidence, Communicates Like a Lead Guard, and Makes Everyone Around Him Better By Staying Engaged and Making the Right Play. You Can Tell He’s Putting In Work Since Last Year, and he’s Set to Have a Breakthrough Season Next Year at Kingwood Park. Showcased Leadership Traits from Start to Finish In The Houston Camp, Got To The Paint at Will and Made The Right Play When Drawing Help, and Is Flying Under The Radar Heading into his Sr Year. Sleeper To Track In The Fall, and If Kingwood Park Gets off to a Fast Start You Can Be Jesus Will Have a Lot to do With It! Keep Leading Jesus Like You Did In the Houston Camp and Coaches Will Take Notice… Projected Levels: D1 JUCO / NCAA D2
6’3 Combo Guard 2026 Mason Lopez | PSJA North Knew Very Little About Zavien Coming Into The Camp, and He Took advantage of the Uncommon Approach That Gives Unknowns The Same Opportunity as Highly Ranked Players To Gain Real Exposure and Interest, and That’s Just What Zavien Did. Zavien was the 2nd Player To Be Listed By All 4 College Coaches On Staff As a College Level Combo Guard With 2 Years To Grow. As The Day Went On, Zavien Not Only Started To Show His Skill He Took Over Certain Segments and Willed His Team To The Win. 3 Level Scorer That Plays With Relentless Effort, Communicates On Both Ends, and Is Really Good at Creating His Own Shot or Moving Without The Ball To Get To His Spots. Has The Size, Length and Skill Set To Play His Way Onto Scholarship Level Boards Heading Into His Senior Season. Early Lead On a College Level Combo In The Class of 2027 Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NAIA
6’6 Small Forward 2026 Marshall Hicks | SA Antonian Prep Big Jason is a Intriguing Big Man That Doesn’t Truly Know How Good He Could Be When He Sticks To His Strengths. When He Battled In The Paint for Position and Caught In 8 Feet and In, He Was a Load To Handle and Either Finished or Drew Fouls. Has a Soft Touch, Good Hands, Takes His Time on the Catch, and Shoots a Very High % In 1 on 1 Situations. Physically Strong Big Bodied Tweener That Needs To Embrace Playing Bigger Than 6’5 Opposed To Showing He Can Step Out and Show He Has Guard Skills. Made Some Really Nice Plays Out of the High Post Where You Can See He Has The Skill Set To Make Plays off the Bounce, But a lot Tougher In The Paint and Stood Out to College Coaches On Staff When He Was Pinning and Catching It Close To The Basket. Loved His Approach After The Camp Asking What He Must Do To Improve Instead Of The Opposite Which Puts Him On the Track His Progress Prospect List. Has Tools You Can’t Teach And Time On His Side To Start Gaining Genuine Interest from College Coaches Over The Course of the Next 2 Years. Keep Playing Big First, Pop Out 2nd Jason and Your Recruitment Will Start To Pick Up. Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NAIA (High Academic Programs Get Marshall On Your Radar)
‘NOTABLES’
6’3 Combo Guard 2027 Zavien Willis | Lubbock Trinity Christian Knew Very Little About Zavien Coming Into The Camp, and He Took advantage of the Uncommon Approach That Gives Unknowns The Same Opportunity as Highly Ranked Players To Gain Real Exposure and Interest, and That’s Just What Zavien Did. Zavien was the 2nd Player To Be Listed By All 4 College Coaches On Staff As a College Level Combo Guard With 2 Years To Grow. As The Day Went On, Zavien Not Only Started To Show His Skill He Took Over Certain Segments and Willed His Team To The Win. 3 Level Scorer That Plays With Relentless Effort, Communicates On Both Ends, and Is Really Good at Creating His Own Shot or Moving Without The Ball To Get To His Spots. Has The Size, Length and Skill Set To Play His Way Onto Scholarship Level Boards Heading Into His Senior Season. Early Lead On a College Level Combo In The Class of 2027 Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NAIA
6’3 2 Guard 2026 Austin Greene | Fredricksburg HS Long Athletic Forward With the Versatility to Guard Multiple Positions and Play Capable of Playing Inside and Out on Offense. Needs to Continue To Work On His Overall Offensive Game When No One is Watching, and Start Making More Plays On The Defensive End With His Size, Instincts and Length To Draw Interest, But Has All The Tools You Can’t Teach and Time On His Side To Buy Into Both and Play a Much Bigger Role on what Looks to be a Very Good Cy Fair Team This Season. Right Now He Is Letting the Defense Off the Hook Hanging Outside Beyond the 3pt Line, And Settling For Perimeter Shots Over Attacking The Basket and Posting Up Down Low. The Skill Set Is There To Put in on the Floor and When He’s Attacking the Basket Off The Bounce Instead of Shooting 15 Footers, He Looks Like a Whole Different Player and a Scholarship Level Recruit. Intriguing Forward With The Tools and Talent To Turn Interest To an Offer , But It’s Up To Him To Stay In Attack Mode on Offense and Make More Plays On Defense And The Rest Will Take Care of Itself. Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / Partial NAIA
6’3 2 Guard 2026 Sebastian Cooley | Cy Park HS Roman Plays With Great Pace, Understands How To Play and Has a High Basketball IQ. Versatile Guard That Finishes In Transition, Excels In the Open Court When the Game Speeds Up and Does a Great Job at Changing Speeds In the HC To Get By The First Line Defender And Make Plays. Moving Forward, Roman Needs To Be More Consistent With Attacking and Make More Plays Cause He Has a Great Feel for the Game. Tends To Take Possessions Off or Defers To Lesser Talent. He Also Has Everything You Look for In College Level Defenders, and Has Moments When He’s Fully Engaged and Locked In That You Could See His Ability to Be a Lock Down Defender Next Season Assigned To The Opposing Team’s Best Player. It’s a big Year for Roman To Draw Genuine Interest from College Coaches, But The Foundation Is There and He’s In Position to be one of the Leaders This Year at L.D. Bell. Get Him On Your Radar And Get To Game as Both Him and Jesse are Next Level Players Set To Have Big Sr Seasons. Projected Levels: JUCO / NAIA+
6’2 Combo Guard 2027 Cason Hall | Jersey Village Skilled Shooting Guard Who Moves Well Without the Ball In His Hands To Get To His Spots and Knocks Down a High % of Shots Beyond The Arc In Catch and Shoot Situations. The Key Moving Forward for Aiden This Upcoming Season is Play With Confidence and Take More Ownership as a Leader Heading Back To Deer Park, Not Just a Best Shooter On the Floor Like He Was On JV His Sophomore Season. No Question He Can Put Up Points In Bunches and Knock Down Shots, but If He Makes More Winning Plays Without the Ball In His Hands and Sets The Tone In The Preseason With His Practice Habits, The Coaches Will Take Notice and His Role Will Increase. He Looked Solid in the SWIPA League and Has a Weapon He Brings to the Court as a Knock Down Shooter, So Hopefully He Attacks The Preseason and Sets Himself Up To Have a Breakthrough Junior Season. Projected Levels: NAIA / NCAA D2
‘SUPER SOPHS’6’0 Point Guard 2028 Bryson Bell | Samuel Clemens HS Long Athletic Forward With the Versatility to Guard Multiple Positions and Play Capable of Playing Inside and Out on Offense. Needs to Continue To Work On His Overall Offensive Game When No One is Watching, and Start Making More Plays On The Defensive End With His Size, Instincts and Length To Draw Interest, But Has All The Tools You Can’t Teach and Time On His Side To Buy Into Both and Play a Much Bigger Role on what Looks to be a Very Good Cy Fair Team This Season. Right Now He Is Letting the Defense Off the Hook Hanging Outside Beyond the 3pt Line, And Settling For Perimeter Shots Over Attacking The Basket and Posting Up Down Low. The Skill Set Is There To Put in on the Floor and When He’s Attacking the Basket Off The Bounce Instead of Shooting 15 Footers, He Looks Like a Whole Different Player and a Scholarship Level Recruit. Intriguing Forward With The Tools and Talent To Turn Interest To an Offer , But It’s Up To Him To Stay In Attack Mode on Offense and Make More Plays On Defense And The Rest Will Take Care of Itself. Projected Levels: NCAA D2+ / LM D1 (Bryson’s Level of Play Can Certainly Increase With 3 Years To Grow His Game)
6’4 Combo Guard 2028 Maxwell Moody | Stony Point HS Roman Plays With Great Pace, Understands How To Play and Has a High Basketball IQ. Versatile Guard That Finishes In Transition, Excels In the Open Court When the Game Speeds Up and Does a Great Job at Changing Speeds In the HC To Get By The First Line Defender And Make Plays. Moving Forward, Roman Needs To Be More Consistent With Attacking and Make More Plays Cause He Has a Great Feel for the Game. Tends To Take Possessions Off or Defers To Lesser Talent. He Also Has Everything You Look for In College Level Defenders, and Has Moments When He’s Fully Engaged and Locked In That You Could See His Ability to Be a Lock Down Defender Next Season Assigned To The Opposing Team’s Best Player. It’s a big Year for Roman To Draw Genuine Interest from College Coaches, But The Foundation Is There and He’s In Position to be one of the Leaders This Year at L.D. Bell. Get Him On Your Radar And Get To Game as Both Him and Jesse are Next Level Players Set To Have Big Sr Seasons. Projected Levels: MM / HM D1
6’1 Point Guard 2028 Cooper Carrano | Lake Travis Skilled Shooting Guard Who Moves Well Without the Ball In His Hands To Get To His Spots and Knocks Down a High % of Shots Beyond The Arc In Catch and Shoot Situations. The Key Moving Forward for Aiden This Upcoming Season is Play With Confidence and Take More Ownership as a Leader Heading Back To Deer Park, Not Just a Best Shooter On the Floor Like He Was On JV His Sophomore Season. No Question He Can Put Up Points In Bunches and Knock Down Shots, but If He Makes More Winning Plays Without the Ball In His Hands and Sets The Tone In The Preseason With His Practice Habits, The Coaches Will Take Notice and His Role Will Increase. He Looked Solid in the SWIPA League and Has a Weapon He Brings to the Court as a Knock Down Shooter, So Hopefully He Attacks The Preseason and Sets Himself Up To Have a Breakthrough Junior Season. Projected Levels: NCAA D3+ / NCAA D2
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