The week began on Sunday, when HoopGurlz.com
released its Class of 2006 recruiting rankings and the Lady Knights have the
3rd ranked class, with the addition of
Dee Dee Jernigan and four other top 50 prospects.
The Lady Knights also made headlines on Monday when
Rutgers women’s basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer was
inducted into the Iowa Hall of Fame. Later in the week,
Stringer appeared on ESPN2’s Quite Frankly while one of her former players,
Cappie Pondexter was named the WNBA
Player of the Week.
On Tuesday, Matei
spoke with Joseph Lefeged, who was recently ranked the #43 prospect in the
latest Scout.com Class of 2007
East Region Hot 100. Lefeged says that he made the decision to pull the
trigger after a recent unofficial trip to the banks and a meeting with the
staff.
On Wednesday, Rutgers landed another key player when
Keith Newell committed to Rutgers. Newell, a 4-star lineman from Trenton
Central, was being recruited by schools across the nation but felt most
comfortable with Coach Schiano and the idea of playing close to home. Keith,
whose strengths include great aggressiveness, good size and feet, will likely
play offensive tackle for the Scarlet Knights.
That same day, Don “Big Dog” Forbes caught up with PA
lineman
Richard Muldrow. At 6-8, 285lbs, Muldrow is one of
the top offensive linemen in the northeast and currently holds 11 offers and
lists Rutgers among his favorites. The offensive lineman has a busy summer
schedule planned, which includes camping at Rutgers and making various
unofficial visits.
Seniors Clark Harris and Brian Leonard were named to the
Maxwell Award Watch List on Wednesday. Harris and Leonard were two of the
sixty players on the watch list for the award, which is given annually to the
Collegiate Player of the Year.
SOR.com continued its coverage of
the Rutgers camps in Florida on Thursday with an
exclusive audio/video interview with Antwain Easterling, one of Florida’s
most intriguing running back prospects. The 5-foot-11 and 185-pound Miami
Northwestern HS rising senior has game-breaking ability, rushing for 1,194 yards
and 14 TDs last season. Easterling holds numerous offers, including ‘ships from
Miami, Florida State, Florida, Notre dame and one from RU.
Basketball recruit Dan Werner
made his decision on Saturday, choosing Florida over Kentucky. In
other basketball news, St. Patrick’s forward
Jeff Robinson committed to Memphis after taking an unofficial visit there.
Note: Rutgers football
single game tickets will go on sale Monday, June 19. Individual tickets can be
purchased for the Scarlet Knights’ six-game home schedule by phone at (866)
445-GORU, online or in person at the Rutgers Athletic ticket office inside the
RAC.