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PF Jared Sullinger (2x 1st Team ALL B1G & All American, Anyang KGC, S.Korea)

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Will Sullinger follow in Kellogg's footsteps?
By Ronnie Flores
ESPN RISE
Updated: January 7, 2010
The last Ohio athlete to win national boys basketball player of the year honors from ESPN RISE was LeBron James of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's.

His selection was a no-brainer for the 2003 season. Even at the conclusion of his 2001-02 junior campaign, James was a slam-dunk choice, even with seniors and future NBA stars Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony having standout campaigns.

Former Ohio State star Clark Kellogg's performances in the Ohio state tournament cemented his status among the legendary players in the famed Class of 1979.

The selection of Clark Kellogg, the last Ohio product to earn national player of the year honors before James, definitely wasn't as clear-cut.

The 1979 graduate of Cleveland St. Joseph's and college basketball analyst for CBS Sports didn't have as much fanfare going into his senior season as many of the other top players in the star-studded Class of '79 did. This despite the 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward's averages of 28 points and a whopping 22 rebounds per game as a junior.

Big men such as Ralph Sampson (Harrisonburg, Va.) and Sam Bowie (Lebanon, Pa.), and forwards Antoine Carr (Wichita Heights, Wichita, Kan.), James Worthy (Ashbrook, Gastonia, N.C.) and Dominique Wilkins (Washington, N.C.), all overshadowed Kellogg. So did a skinny guard out of Chicago who was the junior player of the year in 1977-78: future NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas (St. Joseph's, Westchester, Ill.).

Perhaps it was St. Joseph's 18-4 record in '78 or the fact Kellogg was a bit young for his class and still growing. Whatever the reason, he clearly wasn't the front-runner for player of the year honors in a year stacked with blue-chippers.

The same holds true this year for Columbus Northland's Jared Sullinger.

"There are a lot of different factors going into each season," said panelist Doug Huff, who saw many of the top players in the '79 class play and has been a member of the McDonald's All-American selection committee since the game's inception in 1978. "Sampson, Worthy and Dominique, those big-time guys had names that grew because of what they did in the summer. Plus the Cleveland area has not traditionally been on the national radar for big-name players. Sullinger had a little more momentum going in because his team won the state title as a junior."

Despite his team's success and state player of the year accolades as a junior, Sullinger was absent from two ballots and fell 30 points short of front-runner Harrison Barnes (Ames, Iowa) in the preseason ESPN RISE Mr. Basketball USA Tracker.

Kellogg built momentum as his season wore along and closed with a bang, scoring 51 points in a 79-65 state title game loss to Columbus East. The McDonald's All-American and captain of the Ohio all-state team then put on a show-stopping performance at the 1979 Derby Festival Classic to edge Thomas and Sampson for the honor now referred to as ESPN RISE Mr. Basketball USA.

Sullinger's momentum-building moment came a little earlier than his fellow Buckeye State native. It was a 32-point, 17-rebound performance during a 53-52 victory over then-FAB 50 No. 1 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) on Dec. 17 that propelled Sullinger. This week, he appeared on nine ballots and increased his point total from 72 to 82 (out of a possible 100 points) from the previous tracker published Dec. 17.
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ESPN Will Sullinger follow in Kellogg's footsteps? -ESPN Rise BOYSBASKETBALL
 
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Jared and JD against Columbus East

JD and Jared doing their thing along with Trey Burke (verbal Penn State) and Jalen Robinson (Class of 2012 verbal to West Virginia)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhOGXuRgEqw]YouTube - Jared Sullinger, JD Weatherspoon, Trey Burke, Jalen Robinson Highlights, Columbus Northland 2010[/ame]

but none of them had the highlight of the night

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZkbejvyCjw]YouTube - Jerry Dixon poster dunk on out of bounds alley oop - Columbus East amazing high school dunk[/ame]
 
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2 clutch free throws. Put the Vikings up 47-46 with 13.6 left. Northland holds on.

All 3 of Sullinger's points came from the line.

Added 17 boards (at last check).

JD Weatherspoon had 21, I like what he brings. Great finisher.
 
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Surprise player

Jared Sullinger, PF (6-8, 250)
2010, Columbus, Ohio/Northland, signed with Ohio State
Who would have predicted that Northland could beat a nationally ranked Oak Hill Academy without a big night from Jared Sullinger? Frustrated early by Oak Hill's defensive game plan to make someone else beside the Big Fella beat them, Sullinger (who didn't score his first point until the 5:47 mark of the fourth quarter) was forced to find a way to lead his team to a victory without dominating on the offensive end. He pulled it off! With a stat line of 3 points and 16 rebounds in 32 minutes he was the emotional leader, encourager, and a rebounding demon in helping his team to a 47-46 victory over the Warriors. Held the entire game without a field goal (0-5), Sullinger came up big when it counted making two free-throws after drawing contact on his team's last offensive possession and following that up with blocking Doran Lamb's shot attempt in Oak Hill's final try with less than 8 seconds to play. Great players find ways to win; Sullinger accepted that Oak Hill was committed to double-teaming him and allowed teammates JD Weatherspoon (21 points) and Jalen Robinson (12 points) to handle the brunt of the team's scoring duties.
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NCAA basketball recruits Tobias Harris and Jared Sullinger were the headliners on the second day of the Hoophall Classic - ESPN
Northland High's Jared Sullinger shows the only stat that matters is the final score
By Ron Chimelis, The Republican
January 16, 2010

With 13.6 seconds left in Saturday's Spalding Hoophall Classic game, Northland High center Jared Sullinger did something he had not done for the entire game.

He smiled. Not a cocky, swaggering smile, just a reaction to realizing that after a hard, hard day, everything might work out after all.

"(Teammate) Trey Burke just told me to relax and have fun, and I trust Trey,'' said Sullinger, who swished two free throws at that telling juncture.

Those shots lifted his school from Columbus, Ohio to a 47-46 victory over Oak Hill Academy at Springfield College.

Moreover, they showed that Jared Sullinger, the nation's No. 2-ranked senior player according to ESPNU, is much more than just a collection of fancy stats.

He's a winner.

Sullinger had 16 rebounds but only three points, 24 below his average. He shot 0-for-5 in a game that gave this immensely talented senior a taste of what college basketball will be like.

It won't be easy, that's for sure.

"Oak Hill put a diamond-and-2 on him. We've seen defenses like that before, but not surrounded by that type of talent,'' said his coach, Satch Sullinger, who is also his father.

For 6-foot-9 Jared Sullinger, this game was a taste of the challenge awaiting even such a great prep player.

He started the game with a protective mask, then quickly discarded it.

"I broke my nose Thursday. It's the third time it's been broken,'' he said.

"The doctor told me to try it out, but it wasn't working.''
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Northland High's Jared Sullinger shows the only stat that matters is the final score | Sports - MassLive.com -
 
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NYCHoops.net - Cimmino named USA Nike Hoops Head Coach (free)

The first nine members of the eventual 10-man USA roster include: guards Harrison Barnes (Ames H.S. / Ames, Iowa), Will Barton (Brewster Academy / Baltimore, Md.), Reggie Bullock (Kinston H.S. / Kinston, N.C.), Kyrie Irving (St. Patrick H.S. / Elizabeth, N.J.), Brandon Knight (Pine Crest H.S. / Lauderdale, Fla.) and Kendall Marshall (Bishop O'Connell H.S. / Arlington, Va.); forwards Tobias Harris (Half Hollow Hills West H.S. / Brookville, N.Y.) and Terrence Jones (Jefferson H.S. / Portland, Ore.); and Jared Sullinger (Northland H.S. / Columbus, Ohio) at center.
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