Recruiting Report: Mailk Quisenberry (2016)
November 19, 2015 It may be awhile be before Tecumseh guard Mailk Quisenberry makes a college decision. He’s still seeing plenty of attention come his way from Division II and Division III programs, and has even narrowed his list of…
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Continue ReadingNovember 19, 2015
It may be awhile be before Tecumseh guard Mailk Quisenberry makes a college decision.
He’s still seeing plenty of attention come his way from Division II and Division III programs, and has even narrowed his list of potential D3 options.
“As far as D2 schools go, I won't make a decision on where I want to go until the end of the season. And I’ve narrowed my search down for D3, I had about 10 I was looking at, but I’ve narrowed it down to Wooster, Capital, Marietta, and Heidelberg — those are my top four D3 schools,” said Quisenberry.
“Some D2s that are contacting me are Wheeling-Jesuit, and then Taylor (NAIA) wants to come watch me and see how I play. I talked to Ohio Dominican a lot over the summer too. I’m just going to keep my recruitment open and see how it goes.”
He had liked D3 University of Chicago best last time we talked with him in May, but has since decided he’d like to stay closer to home.
“I don't want to go too far away, so I figured I should stay within about three hours,” he said. “I still have a brother in high school, so I’ll want to see some of his games, and see my sister every once-in-awhile and stuff like that, so I don't want to go too far away.”
Though the 6-foot senior did not play any grassroots ball this summer, he did continue to work on his game, most notably improving his jump shot.
“For me, I was working hard on improving my shot, set and off the dribble, so I thought I improved that throughout the entire summer. I’ll continue to work on it throughout the season, and I’ll continue to improve with my shot,” said Quisenberry, who will bring a wealth of experience and leadership to the Arrows this season.
“I’ll have to work hard on moving without the ball, that’s a big thing for me this year. Most of the teams we play will have someone face-guarding me, or in my face the entire time. So doing everything I can to get open will be a big part of our success this season.”
Quisenberry added: “Last year as a junior I was the leader of the team and I was the guy that everybody looked too because I had the most varsity experience of anyone on the team. But this year I have even more of a leadership role, the seniors that were here last year are gone. Everybody will definitely be looking towards me this year to lead them, and lead the team.”
May 8, 2015
Tecumseh guard Malik Quisenberry prides himself on being a leader, a quality many college coaches pine for.
The talented prospect, PHO’s 117th ranked 2016, has parlayed his talents and leadership abilities into Division II, Division III and NAIA interest from all across the midwest — and likes on D3 school in particular.
“A lot of D2 interest right now, I’ve gotten letters from a bunch of different schools and I’m looking to take a visit to University of Chicago (D3), they’re really high up academically, so I’d like to take a visit there and see if I like it,” said Quisenberry, who noted academics is a high priority for him.
“And then I’ve gotten some NAIA interest from Michigan and then some other D2s from Virginia, Indiana and all over really.”
He mentioned specifically that Findlay, Wheeling Jesuit (WV), Penn State-Erie (D3), Miami-Middletown (Ohio Regional Campus Conference) and Marietta are sending letters, and says he’d also like to take visits to GLIAC schools Ashland and Lake Erie in addition to University of Chicago.
After averaging 16 points and 5 assists per game during his junior season, Quisenberry has already established himself as a legitimate threat on the court, but says his command of the team was his best attribute this season.
“I think for me just playing hard and my ability to stay focused throughout the game. I talk a lot throughout the game and I think my talking helps me to stay focused and allows my teammates to stay focused, and helps them on the court with what they’re doing,” said Quisenberry.”
After breaking his non-shooting hand towards the end of the regular season, the 6-foot guard was still able to get up shots and work on his form-shooting with his cast on — he’s now back in action, playing once again with All-Ohio Black
“I think my shooting is really starting to improve from that standpoint, and I hope to continue and improve my shooting. And I play point guard from my (grassroots) team so I’m really focusing a lot on being able to take care of the basketball and distribute it well and hit open shots,” said Quisenberry, who says he projects more as a point guard at the next level.
“I would say more so a point guard than an off-guard, with my ability to handle the ball and find open people,” he said.