Recruiting Report: Ade Lamu (2016)
October 16th Update Ade Lamu of St. Croix Lutheran is a month into his senior year. In his last year of high school Ade spends his days enjoying being big man on campus but he also is focused on his…
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Continue ReadingOctober 16th Update
Ade Lamu of St. Croix Lutheran is a month into his senior year. In his last year of high school Ade spends his days enjoying being big man on campus but he also is focused on his college choice and working towards a Class AA state title.
“I’m extremely excited, I feel we have a lot to prove,” said Lamu. “Everyone has been working hard. So it'll be a good year. Just everyone staying healthy is important. If everyone stays healthy I believe we have a great chance.”
NHR believes the same. This is a team with two full scholarship offer forwards in Lamu and Trenton Kreuger plus a D2 offered guard in Aage Rovney. The Crusaders bring back most of their line-up from a three win team.
Ade is also looking into his college future.
“I haven't visited any schools yet, but I plan on visiting Ohio, Cal Poly, Winona State pretty soon. Also Vermont and Nebraska-Omaha.
“Ohio U, Nebraska-Omaha, and Winona State have come to watch this fall, and then Marquette plus Nebraska have talked to this guy I work out with about me.”
Lamu is a 6-foot-5 athletic forward who played with D1 Minnesota this past spring/summer.
August 11th 2015 Update
Ade Lamu grabbed everybody’s attention last winter in a game against DeLaSalle when Lamu hit a few pull-up jumpers and took care of business around the basket against the vaunted Islander defender.
Shortly after he decided to accept a spot on the D1 Minnesota team and not long after that scholarship offers came from Vermont, Winona State, and Minnesota-Duluth.
D1 Minnesota plays on the Adidas circuit for a good portion of the season and this year the team won 26 of 33 games overall. Ade feels it was a success, for the most part.
“I think my shooting got a lot better from workouts we did earlier in the (Grassroots) season,” Lamu explained. “I liked my overall experience pretty well. I think I could have done a lot better but I think it went well.”
Now his focus is on helping St. Croix Lutheran get back to the Class AA State Tournament. The Crusaders only lost 3 of 33 games last year so they have a lot to live up to.
“I'm excited about this year,” Lamu said. “I think this is our year but I feel like my role as a leader needs to step up, lead the team and be a dog.”
Ade also has to figure out what is next with recruiting.
“I'm currently talking with coaches setting up visits,” Ade stated. “I just got my phone fixed so I wasn't in contact with any for a while so maybe Northeastern, Nebraska-Omaha, and Central Michigan are the schools I’m hearing from the most.”
Update from 7/28/15 by Alex Conover
We know Ade Lamu can jump. High. But as he works on expanding his game for the wing, improving not only his jumpshot but also his confidence will be a top priority between now and St. Croix Lutheran’s winter season.
“Shooting is the main thing I’ve been working on,” Lamu said. “It’s a confidence thing right now. I’ll be shooting a lot more in the St. Croix season. The guys who play AAU are way better than the guys I’ll play in high school. It will be a lot easier to work on things.”
Lamu received a string of scholarship offers from Vermont, UM-Duluth and Winona State this spring. “I just talked to Vermont yesterday or two days ago, and Winona a week ago,” Lamu said. “Duluth texts me here and there.” Despite WSU’s ongoing coaching search, Lamu said that assistant coach Zach Malvik has assured that his scholarship still stands.
Other schools to express initial interest include Buffalo, Northeastern, Western Kentucky and Northern Michigan according to Lamu.
With some time being freed up after AAU’s conclusion, Lamu wants to get out and take some campus tours.
“I will definitely visit some campuses in August,” Lamu said. “My family will go to Michigan on vacation, and I want to visit Central Michigan. They talk to my stepdad all the time.”
>h2>May 4 Update by ryanjames
Ade Lamu is a versatile talent. That’s why so many schools have been jumping on recruiting him this fall. He led his team with 8.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game this year plus he scored 16 points per contest which is second on the team.
Lamu is an explosive 6-foot-5 athlete that has impressed as a rebounder, versatile defender guarding three different positions, and his ball skills are improving (Ade made multiple pull-up jumpers in the DeLaSalle game that so many people watched). Add in a quality physique and an athletic look and you have a prospect rising up the charts.
“It's been good, I like it a lot more than (previous programs),” said Lamu. “I love the coaches and players I’m competing with.”
Lamu knows that to become a more versatile prospect there are things he needs to work on.
“I am definitely working on my jump shot along side dribbling,” said Lamu.
College coaches feel that his game will improve and they like what they see now so a couple schools have offered. Those schools are division one Vermont and division two Winona State.
“I'm really excited, I was surprised by the Vermont offer because they never recruited me before this as far as I know but it's a blessing,” Ade said after getting the offer. “And I'll definitely keep working hard.”
Lamu has a massive list of programs showing interest after Lamu’s excellent showings with D1 Minnesota in Dallas and Indianapolis.
“South Dakota, Montana State, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Denver, St. John’s Drake, Northern Iowa, Bradley, Cal Poly, and Missouri spoke with my step dad,” said Lamu about teams showing interest.
“Air Force, Nebraska-Omaha, Central Michigan, Northern State, Valpo, and Princeton, they are all showing interest.”
After eight Adidas Uprising contests Ade has scored 9.6 points per game with 4.8 rebounds and a pair of assists and steals in 23 minutes a contest. Ade has shot a strong 56 percent from the floor (all from inside the arc) and 76 percent from the foul line.
Update by Alex Conover on 4/16/15
Who wants a 6-foot-5, athletic, rapidly-improving wing on their college team?
Answer: lots of schools.
NDSU, SDSU, Air Force, Central Michigan, UNI, Winona State, Northern State, Missouri, New Mexico State, Central Connecticut, Bradley, Cal Poly and Nebraska-Omaha have all reached out to either D1 MN coach Jeremy Miller or St. Croix Lutheran about 2016 forward Ade Lamu.
“It's weird!” Lamu said. “I mean, I was once a little kid looking up to the big kids going to college and playing sports, and now I’ll be going to college in less than two years. I’m excited about college, excited about what the future holds.”
Lamu is thinking about majoring in psychology, a field that his mom works in, but he’s not entirely sure. He’s got time to decide. In the meantime, he’s trying to show a well-rounded skillset to the coaches watching him this spring and summer.
“This summer, I’m going to try proving that I'm a do-it-all player,” Lamu said. “I’m gonna prove that I have almost no weaknesses. I’m going to be working out in the gym a lot.”