Recap of Elite 24’s Season

Elite 24 finished its 5th season of competition on the AAU circuit lead by Greg Dundon and assistant Omar Leary. The program has grown significantly and now fields team from their 17 and under team down to 4th grade. They have been very successful the last 3 years.

In the spring, they played a lot of games and racked up a record of 29-3. They played in 5 tournaments, in which they played in semi-finals in every tournament and won two tournaments, including the Big Foot Las Vegas Grand Opening – a prestigious tournament in Las Vegas.

In the summer, Elite 24 went 12-6 and never finished lower than 8th in any tournament they competed in.

The highlight wins of the summer included wins over nationally ranked teams, Emerald City Pioneers (WA), ICP (OR), Rashard Lewis All-stars, German All-Star team, Clutch (OR), and Friend of Hoop (WA) among several others.

Spring:

5-1 – NW Premier Showcase (Won Pool; reached Final 4)

6-0 – Las Vegas Grand Opening (won Pool; Won Platinum bracket championship game)

5-1 – Pump Brothers Salem Tournament (Won pool; reached Final 4)

7-1 – Memorial Day Classic in Bay Area (Won pool; reached semi-finals and lost to Oakland Soldiers)

6-0 – Rose City Showcase (Competitive Bracket) (Won pool; Won Championship with an average margin of victory over 30 pts)

Summer:

5-2 – NW Premier Summer Showcase (Won pool, reached Quarter-Finals)

1-3 – Double Pump Event (Reached Quarter-Finals)

6-1 – Las Vegas Fab 48 (Won pool, reached Quarter-Finals)

Overall Elite 24 finished an impressive 41-9 for the AAU season.

Recruiting Updates

Below is a list of recruiting updates for the players in the Elite 24 program.

Class of 2013:

Conlin Caslik- Lake Oswego High School- Humboldt State University

Andrew Morris- Evergreen High School (WA)- Green River CC

Romello Washington- Lake Oswego High School-College of the Siskiyous (Football)

Theo Freidman- Grant High School- University of Oregon (walk on)

Cory Coombe- Lake Oswego High School- Lewis & Clark College

Kendrick Bourne- Milwaukie High School- Eastern Washington University (Football)

Jack Hackman- Jesuit- University of Hawaii

Terrell Penny- considering juco / prep school

Victor Sanders- TBA

Class of 2014:

Malik Leaks- North Salem High School- interest form WCC, Big Sky

Deiondre Bird- Grant High School- Big Sky

Natan Jurkovitz- Lake Oswego High School- interest from WCC, Big West, WAC

Elite 24 has had success at all levels with their youth teams and the future is bright for this program. They have a quality program; with quality coaches that develop players the right way and positively influences the players in their programs.

Daniel Brady covers NCAA, High School, AAU and the basketball world at large for CSNNW.com