December 9th, 2009 07:57pm
Recruiting gains
No. 10 Florida has not only gotten off to a nice start on the court, but off the court as well.
After landing a verbal commitment from Bradley Beal, the top-rated shooting guard in the Class of 2011, the Gators have made the cut for prized 2011 big-man Rakeem Christmas as well.
Christmas, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound center from Bryn Athyn, Pa., recently listed Florida in his final five with Georgetown, Texas, FIU and Oklahoma. He’s an excellent defender/shot blocker at the high school level. Rivals.com rates Christmas as the top center and fourth-best overall prospect in the Class of 2011.
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Kevin Brockway gave up on his dream of becoming a lefty starting pitcher for the New York Mets when he walked four straight batters, then hit one in a middle school game in Suffern, N.Y. Since graduating college in 1993, he’s worked as a sports writer at daily newspapers throughout the state of Florida, beginning with the Key West Citizen. He then moved on to the Northwest Florida Daily News and Naples Daily News before becoming the men’s basketball writer for The Gainesville Sun in 2003. Brockway has won multiple state and national writing awards during his 16-year career. Favorite pastimes include karaoke and watching baseball. Favorite college hoops team growing up was St. John’s.
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by Chuck