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I cant remember the last kid we got that was a top 20 state recruit straight out of hs.
Tristan Thompson was ranked #18 by Texas Hoops when he graduated from Angleton, Texas in 2006. He spent one more year at a prep school and then signed straight out of high school with North Texas in 2007.
Jacob Holmen is ranked # 48 by Texas Hoops.
Texas Preps, the official magazine of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, says Holmen "... is one of the best kept secrets in the state." Texas Preps does not give numerical rankings but lists ten all-state teams of five players each. Holmen is on the second team with G.J. Vilarino (Kentucky), Cory Jefferson (Baylor), Dre Harrison (Unsigned) and high school Junior T.J. Taylor of Denison who already has offers on the table from Oklahoma, Iowa State, Marquette, and others.
Texas Preps named Holmen as one of the Magnificent Seven. Apparently they think he is one of the top seven players in the state.