Cliff Alexander joined a prestigious list of past MVPs at the Pangos All-American Camp in 2012.
Photo by Nick Koza
The reigning MVP of the Pangos All-American Camp will be hard pressed to pull off a repeat this weekend in Long Beach, Calif.
Cliff Alexander of
Curie (Chicago) took top honors home to the Windy City a year ago, but the 11th annual event will be loaded with elite talent courtesy of camp director Dinos Trigonis.
Pangos tips Friday evening at Cabrillo High School and runs through Sunday afternoon.
As of late Tuesday night, Trigonis indicates Alexander is expected to be joined by 247Sports.com's No. 1 prospect in the 2014 class
Emmanuel Mudiay, a do-it-all 6-foot-4 guard from
Prime Prep (Dallas).
No. 3
Chris McCullough, a 6-9 forward committed to Syracuse, No. 5
Kevon Looney, No. 6
Rashad Vaughn and No. 9
Daniel Hamilton are other top 2014 prospects scheduled to participate.
MaxPreps National Junior of the Year
Stanley Johnson of
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) and recent riser
Myles Turner, a 6-10 post player from
Trinity (Euless, Texas), are other notable rising seniors listed on the preliminary roster.
The Class of 2015 will be represented by Top 10 prospects
Elijah Thomas, a 6-9 forward from Prime Prep, 6-10
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) center
Stephen Zimmerman and
St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) guard
Tyler Dorsey.
Following attention-grabbing frosh campaigns,
Thon Maker, a 7-footer by way of Sudan and Australia, and
Trevor Stanback, a 6-11 standout at
Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.), highlight the 2016 contingent.
The Pangos All-American Camp, which has emerged as the West Coast's premier showcase camp, will include individual instruction, a recruiting roundtable with national scouts and three game sessions. The finale is a pair of contests featuring the event's top 40 players.
Past participants in the Pangos All-American Camp include Harrison Barnes, Brad Beal, Anthony Davis, James Harden, Brandon Jennings and John Wall,
Additional Pangos headlinersCasey Benson, 6-3, G, 2014,
Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.)Antonio Blakeney, 6-3, G, 2015,
West Oaks (Orlando, Fla.)Carlton Bragg, 6-8, F, 2015,
Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio)Isaiah Briscoe, 6-3, G, 2015,
St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, N.J.)Dominique Collier, 6-2, G, 2014,
Denver East (Colo.)Payton Dastrup, 6-9, F, 2014,
Mountain View (Mesa, Ariz.)Kaiser Gates, 6-8, F, 2015,
St. Francis (Alpharetta, Ga.)Malek Harris, 6-7, F, 2014,
Sandburg (Orland Park, Ill.)T.J. Haws, 6-3, G, 2014,
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah)Alex Illikainen, 6-9, F, 2014,
Grand Rapids (Minn.)Jalen Lindsey, 6-6, G/F, 2014,
Huntington Prep (Huntington, W.Va.)Dwayne Morgan, 6-8, F, 2014,
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)Josh Perkins, 6-2, G, 2014, Huntington Prep
Ahmaad Rorie, 6-0, G, 2014,
Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)Namon Wright, 6-4, G, 2014,
Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.)
