The Washington Huskies were able to retain the services of their top signee from the 2024 class, four-star point guard Zoom Diallo, who reaffirmed his commitment to coach Danny Sprinkle earlier this week. The product of Curtis High School in Tacoma, Washington played his senior season at Prolific Prep in Napa, California, and is ranked as the nation’s No. 35 player by 247Sports.
“I was this close to going somewhere else, very close. I just stayed with my gut, stayed with my work, and I just trusted myself,” Diallo told Kim Grinolds of Dawgman.com. “I was going back and forth with Washington and another school but I knew it was going to be Washington three or four days ago.”
Diallo had privately changed his decision on his future school on a few occasions while deciding if staying with Washington after coach Mike Hopkins, whom he had originally committed to, was let go.
Retaining his services is a big win for Sprinkle’s offense, as the new head coach has rounded out his backcourt in recent days after adding commitments from four-star Jase Butler and Butler transfer DJ Davis to go along with Rice transfer Mekhi Mason.
On the floor, the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Diallo is a true point guard who can be relied upon as both a passer and consistent scorer. While he’s not a consistent shooter at this point in his development, he will be a focal point of the offense.
“I’m a dude that is going to go out there and go get it,” he said. “I have a winner mentality. Do everything to win. My leadership is going to show to others. I’m going to be a positive spirit and be everything that a point guard is.”