Sean Johnson heading to IWU
All-state shooting guard Sean Johnson (6-1) from Washington H.S. has decided to attend Illinois Wesleyan. Sean will be a very good player at IWU. Here is a nice feature from the January 29 edition of ILL Hoops magazine, courtesy of publisher Scott Powers...
http://www.iwuhoops.com/sj.pdf
(pages 4-7)
This year Johnson really stepped out of the big shadow of teammate Matt Roth (being recruited by Northwestern, ISU, Bradley, SIU, and others). Johnson averaged 18.3 ppg for a team that was ranked #2 in Class AA for a large portion of the year. In his final game, he scored 35 points (20 in the 4th quarter) vs Peoria Richwoods in the sectional championship, almost leading his team back from a huge deficit. A few quotes from the March 10 Peoria Journal Star article on that game:
http://www.iwuhoops.com/sj.pdf
(pages 4-7)
This year Johnson really stepped out of the big shadow of teammate Matt Roth (being recruited by Northwestern, ISU, Bradley, SIU, and others). Johnson averaged 18.3 ppg for a team that was ranked #2 in Class AA for a large portion of the year. In his final game, he scored 35 points (20 in the 4th quarter) vs Peoria Richwoods in the sectional championship, almost leading his team back from a huge deficit. A few quotes from the March 10 Peoria Journal Star article on that game:
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Johnson scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and left Richwoods happy he didn't get any more shots.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I don't even know what to say," Richwoods all-stater Bill Cole said. "I'm speechless."
Johnson scored on high-arching runners, breakaway layups, then closed with a trio of 3-pointers, all over defense, that made 5,000 fans utterly gasp each time.
Roy and Harv Schmidt of Illinois Prep Bullseye were on hand to scout.
"Maybe the best individual performance in a sectional final we've seen since Tom Kleinschmidt for (Chicago) Gordon Tech against (Westchester) St. Joe's (in 1991)," Roy Schmidt said.
The 6-foot-1 Johnson, who has garnered relatively little college interest, ought to, as far as Schmidt is concerned.
"I have to believe he could certainly play Division 1 somewhere at a mid-major level," Roy Schmidt said. "Missouri Valley teams, Horizon teams, the MAC (Mid-American Conference), I think they'd be crazy not to offer to this kid."
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Johnson made the 5-man Journal Star All-star team, ahead of at least one Division I recruit (Justin Dehm, Richwoods H.S. - Furman).
Johnson received significant interested from D1 Eastern Illinois and Wright State and several Missouri Valley schools talked to him about walking-on. He was also recruited pretty heavily by a number of D2 schools, including SIU-Edwardsville.
Ron Rose and staff have found a good player and impressive young man in Sean Johnson. A great start to the recruiting class!
Johnson received significant interested from D1 Eastern Illinois and Wright State and several Missouri Valley schools talked to him about walking-on. He was also recruited pretty heavily by a number of D2 schools, including SIU-Edwardsville.
Ron Rose and staff have found a good player and impressive young man in Sean Johnson. A great start to the recruiting class!
posted by Bob Quillman @ 2:28 PM
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