Tag: La Lumiere

Micah Shrewsberry greets Jalen Haralson after Notre Dame commitment

What a recruiting win for the coach.

It’s unlikely that anyone was happier with [autotag]Jalen Haralson'[/autotag]s commitment to Notre Dame than [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag]. It showed that he can get the job done when it comes to recruiting, and there’s no greater evidence of that than Haralson being the highest-rated Irish commit since the internet began ranking recruits in 2000.

There was only one place for Shrewsberry and assistant coach [autotag]Ryan Owens[/autotag] to be Wednesday, and that was La Lumiere in La Porte, Haralson’s school where he made his announcement. Afterwards, Haralson came outside and embraced both of them.

This has to be Shrewsberry’s best moment since he took over the program 18 months ago. While his success during his final season at Penn State undoubtedly made believers out of him, many wondered if he could build back a program that had fallen on hard times. This recruiting win is clear evidence that when all is said and done, the answer to that question is on its way to being a big yes.

Here’s the moment that will warm your heart:

We don’t know who else Shrewsberry and his staff will be able to successfully recruit while with the Irish, but if this is any indication, the college basketball world better not sleep on this program.

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Notre Dame hoops lands highest-rated recruit in internet rankings era

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

If there was any doubt about [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] and his staff to get top recruits to commit to Notre Dame, that officially can go away.

[autotag]Jalen Haralson[/autotag], a five-star forward and the top-rated player from Indiana in the 2025 recruiting class according to 247Sports, has committed to the Irish over other finalists Indiana and Michigan State. That makes him the highest-rated commit to the program since internet rankings began in 2000.

The previous high mark for Irish commits was JJ Starling, who transferred to Syracuse after one year after [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] departed. Since Haralson is Shrewsberry’s guy though, his chances of leaving South Bend are much lower, as least as long as Shrewsberry’s around.

Haralson is the second Indiana-based recruit to commit to the Irish this week after four-star forward [autotag]Brady Koehler[/autotag]. It fits perfectly with the vision of focusing on talent in the basketball-rich Hoosier State that Shrewsberry had when he took over.

If you missed the announcement live, here it is:

Irish fans understandably will get antsy waiting for over a year to pass before they get to see Haralson in an Irish uniform. For those who don’t live far from Notre Dame though, they can catch him during his senior season at La Lumiere in La Porte.

Here’s to this being the first of many memorable moments Haralson will provide for the Irish and their fans.

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Top-rated 2025 Indiana recruit hypes official visit to Notre Dame

Will he pick the Irish?

Jalen Haralson is the top-rated 2025 recruit in the state of Indiana according to both 247Sports and On3. He played two years at Fishers before transferring to the prestigious La Lumiere. And he’s considering Notre Dame for his collegiate choice.

Haralson will make his official visit to Notre Dame on Saturday, the same day as the football team’s home opener against Northern Illinois. It will come exactly one weekend after he visited Indiana. Official visits to Michigan State, Missouri, Purdue and Kansas will follow.

Interestingly, all of Haralson’s official visits will come during home football games. It’s hard to tell how much, if at all, the football atmosphere will play a factor in his final decision.

In any case, Haralson is looking forward to visiting South Bend, and he indicated as much on social media:

There obviously is a long way to go before we know if Haralson picks the Irish. Until then, all we can is pray that he does.

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Michigan State basketball makes Top-9 for 2025 5-star SF Jalen Haralson

Michigan State basketball makes Top-9 for 2025 5-star SF Jalen Haralson

Michigan State basketball has had some great success with recruiting out of La Lumiere School in Indiana, landing Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jeremy Fears Jr. from there, and now, they will look for another big recruiting win from that school, as 2025 5-star small forward Jalen Haralson put the Spartans in his Top-9 on Friday.

His Top-9 includes:

  • Duke
  • Purdue
  • Indiana
  • Michigan State
  • Missouri
  • Notre Dame
  • Gonzaga
  • Kansas
  • Auburn

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Notre Dame commit J.J. Starling makes U.S. team for Nike Hoop Summit

A big month is coming up for a future Notre Dame player.

J.J. Starling, the most anticipated Notre Dame commit in years, is going to be very busy over the next month. In the last week of March, he will take part in the McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago. A week-and-a-half later, he will get the opportunity to represent the U.S. in competition for the first time. That’s because he has been selected to play for his country in the Nike Hoop Summit, an annual game between the best U.S. players and the best international players ages 19 or younger.

Starling, who attends La Lumiere in La Porte and participated in a 2019 U.S. junior national minicamp, will be part of the first Nike Hoop Summit since 2019. COVID-19 has forced the event’s cancelation over the past two years. The international roster for the game, which is taking place in Portland, Oregon, will be announced later.

Starling is believed to be taking the roster spot of Cason Wallace, who signed a letter of intent with Kentucky in November.

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Incoming Notre Dame guard J.J. Starling named to McDonald’s Game

Nice honor for the kid.

For only the second time since 2005, a future Notre Dame player has been named a McDonald’s All-American. J.J. Starling, who hails from Baldwinsville, New York, but is playing this season at La Lumiere in La Porte, is the first McDonald’s All-American to represent Notre Dame since Demetrius Jackson in 2017. As part of the honor, Starling will take in the McDonald’s All-American Game in Chicago in March. Barring another COVID-19 cancellation, this will be the first game actually played since 2019.

Starling is not merely a great player who happened to pick the Irish as his landing shop. Per 247Sports, he is the Irish’s top-ranked recruit since 2000. Once he put pen to paper, he replaced Jackson as No. 1 in that category. Talk about a strange coincidence.

Of course, you never know how players are going to perform in their collegiate careers. On the aforementioned list, Irish freshman phenom Blake Wesley doesn’t even rank in the top 20. It really is all speculation based on how they perform before college. Let’s hope they get it right with Starling.

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Michigan State Basketball offers 2021 4-star F Jeremy Sochan

MSU has offered one of the top-100 players in the 2021 class in La Lumiere’s Jeremy Sochan.

While much of the noise around Michigan State’s recruiting this offseason has been around the football team under new head coach Mel Tucker, Tom Izzo and his staff have also been busy recruiting top prospects around the country via virtual meetings and Zoom calls. The latest offer by the Spartans was sent out to 2021 4-star forward Jeremy Sochan out of La Porte, Indiana.

Sochan plays for La Lumiere School and is the No. 2 ranked player in the state of Indiana according to the 247Sports composite rankings and their No. 13 ranked small forward in the 2021 class.

The offer was first reported, from what I have seen, by Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers:

Weingarten notes at the end that the Spartans have “heavy interest” in Sochan, who is a top-100 player in his class. Sochan is a versatile wing who could play either forward position.

You can check out of his junior season highlights below:

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