BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana’s pipeline with the Monteverde Academy is alive and properly. As Trent Sisley goes? It’s a pipeline that runs from Florida to Bloomington by way of Spencer County.
Sisley, a 6-foot-7 ahead initially from Lincoln Metropolis, Ind., dedicated to Indiana on Monday. Joe Tipton of On3.com was the primary to report Sisley’s dedication to Indiana. Sisley later confirmed the dedication by way of his personal social media networks.
House🔴⚪️ #committed pic.twitter.com/AsdIoPsYG6
— Trent Sisley (@SisleyTrent) September 23, 2024
Sisley visited Indiana over the weekend. He was a part of a trio of Hoosiers to go to that weekend. Braylon Mullins and Eric Reibe have been the opposite two recruits who have been on-campus.
Sisley is taken into account a four-star prospect by On3’s Business Prime Basketball Recruits and is ranked 78th nationally by the website.
Sisley has been on Indiana’s radar since 2022. He starred at Heritage Hills Excessive Faculty from 2021-24 earlier than he transferred to Montverde Academy previous to his senior season. He has but to play a recreation for Monteverde.
Sisley is a flexible expertise. At Heritage Hills, he averaged 24.2 factors, 11.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.2 blocks and 1.8 assists within the 2024 season. Sisley transformed 60% of his pictures, however he can stretch the ground. He has a profession 3-point capturing proportion of 38%, peaking in 2023 when he transformed 41% from past the arc.
Sisley turns into the fourth high-profile participant to decide to Indiana from Monteverde since Woodson grew to become Indiana’s coach. Jalen Hood-Schifino and Malik Reneau got here to Indiana in 2022 – Hood-Schifino performed one season earlier than he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2023. Reneau continues to be a Hoosier.
Liam McNeeley dedicated to Indiana in 2023, however later pulled out of his dedication to go to Connecticut as an alternative.
Indiana’s males’s basketball group has been chasing a high-profile Indiana native for the whole lot of the Mike Woodson period.
Technically, C.J. Gunn was an in-state recruit for Woodson as he needed to re-recruit the Indianapolis native when Woodson was named Indiana coach in 2021. Gunn had initially dedicated to former Indiana coach Archie Miller. Gunn performed at Indiana from 2022-24 earlier than he transferred to DePaul in April.
Nevertheless, Sisley is the primary Indiana native to be recruited immediately out of highschool by Woodson and his employees.
Mullins narrowed the sphere to his prime 5 colleges in June – Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Notre Dame and Purdue. Sisley visited Purdue on the weekend of Sept. 14 and was scheduled to go to Michigan State and Notre Dame.
Sisley is the primary recruit Indiana has secured from the Class of 2025. Scholarship availability has turn into fluid within the switch portal period. Indiana has 4 or 5 scholarships accessible for the 2025-26 season – relying on whether or not Illinois switch Luke Goode will get an additional yr of eligibility added.
