Pre-summer 2009 rankings

The 2009 class of Minnesota basketball players looks like it could produce anywhere from 15 to 20 division one prospects. Royce White was recently listed as a five star player and he is amongst five Minnesotans who have already committed to division one schools. Committing over the winter was Henry Sibley power forward Mike Bruesewitz.

These are the current prospect rankings for Minnesota's 2009 class. Prospect rankings look at who will be the top players for colleges about three years from now so potential has a lot to do with these rankings.

A player's performance during the high school season is obviously considered, but it's not the principal factor and that is where potential comes in. Other things considered are the level of collegiate basketball that is foreseen for them playing at in the future as well as success amongst competition at the top level in the spring thus far.

I also left off some of the guys who I don't think will play college basketball like other sport stars Ra'Shede Hageman, Moses Alipate, and Kyle Melcher.

Rank

Name

HT

POS

Location/School

School

1

Royce White

6'7

SF

Hopkins

Minnesota

2

Rodney Williams

6'5

SG

Cooper

3

Mike Bruesewitz

6'7

SF

Henry Sibley

Wisconsin

4

Raymond Cowels

6'3

SG

Hopkins

5

Trent Lockett

6'5

SF

Hopkins

Arizona State

6

Sam Dower

6'9

PF

Osseo

7

Marc Sonnen

6'3

PG

Tartan

Northern Iowa

8

Mike Broghammer

PF

Hopkins

9

Ethan Wragge

6'7

SG

Eden Prairie

10

Jordair Jett

6'1

PG

St. Bernards

11

Chris Halvorsen

6'7

SF

Henry SIbley

12

Nate Wolters

6'3

PG/SG

St. Cloud Tech

13

Jordan Aaberg

6'8

PF

Rothsay

North Dakota State

14

Cedric Martin

6'3

SG

Minneapolis Washburn

15

Mike Fitzgerald

6'5

SG

St. Thomas

16

Josh Figini

6'8

SF

Chisago Lakes

17

Mike Muscala

6'7

SF/PF

Roseville

18

Mike Felt

6'1

PG

Redwood Valley

19

Emmanual Addo

6'7

PF

Northfield

20

Matt Zager

6'2

SG

Shakopee

21

Carlos Emmory

6'5

SF

Eastview

22

Marcus Williams

6'0

PG

Hopkins

23

David Berthene

6'7

PF

Lakeville North

24

Damarius Cruz

6'3

SG

Armstrong

25

Dylan Rodriguez

6'6

PF

Blaine

26

Dylan Hale

6'0

SG

St. Paul Central

27

Zach Towle

5'9

PG

Concordia Academy

28

Josh Zitzman

6'2

SG

Farmington

29

DJ Carrol

6'6

PF

Mounds View

30T

Charlie Baker

5'11

PG

Eagan

30T

Tom Sawatzke

6'1

PG

Monticello