Recruiting Report: Kobey Woolhouse (2018)
Kobey Woolhouse is one of the top pure scorers in the 2018 class. He put his skills on display over the summer and gained a lot of college interest because of it.
Woolhouse, a 6-foot-1 combo guard from Mayer Lutheran, spent the grassroots season playing with Comets Little where he showed off his ability to put up points in bunches.
“I really enjoyed playing with Comets,” Woolhouse said. “We had our good tournaments and bad tournaments. I felt like it gave me some good exposure, the exposure I wanted for some the colleges around here. That was big for me.”
At 6-foot-1, Woolhouse doesn’t have prototypical “shooting guard” size. He’s also not what many would classify as a pure point guard. The distinction between the two positions seems to get blurrier every year, thus he’s a player that can provide a lot of teams a lot of value.
And he got better at both during the grassroots season because of the stress emphais coach Little put on ball and player movement.
“I think that’s a huge thing,” said Woolhouse. “It makes you more dynamic as a player. you aren’t one dimensional. you are used to playing with and without the ball. it’s a huge benefit to be able to do both. The more you play, the better you get. Especially against some of those top teams and better players. It just helps you improve that much more. You don’t want to go to these tournaments and win by 20. You want to play those close games against good teams that’ll make you better.”
Woolhouse has drawn quite a bit of college interest to this point.
“I visited Augsburg at the end of July and have been in contact with them quite a bit,” said Woolhouse. “I’ll likely visit Northwestern sometime this fall. St. Scholastica has reached out to me and we’ve talked quite a bit as well. Those are the three that I’ve talked with the most.”
Woolhouse will play at the next level. For now, he’s looking forward to what could be a special senior season as Mayer Lutheran figures to be one of the top teams in Class A. The Crusaders had a good showing in the Class A State Breakdown Tournament as well as several other team tournaments throughout the summer.
“That tournament was really good for us,” Woolhouse said of the Breakdown state tournament. “We played in the Pacesetter in August, lost to Austin in a close game. Think we lost to Springfield and then beat Cedar Mountain and Rushford-Peterson. Playing together in these tournaments will really help us this winter. I’m very excited.”