Providence will host their annual Elite Camp on Sunday and two of the Friars top recruits in the class of 2018 will be in attendance. Elite Camps are a great way for players to get onto a campus and see the facilities, the coaching staff and the school’s players. I attended Providence’s Elite Camp two summers ago and, as I wrote after that year, I found the value of the camp to be more about relationship development between the Providence coaching staff and potential recruits than player evaluation. Ed Cooley and his staff are excellent at both, but this weekend will be more about relationship building, showing off the Providence campus and the plans for the Ruane Friar Development Center that is expected to be ready by September of 2018, just in time for the 2018 class to arrive on campus.

Here are the players that I have confirmed will be at this year’s Elite Camp by class and last name (I’ll update this as more names are confirmed):

Class of 2018

• David Duke
• Keigan Kerby
• Tayler Mattos
• AJ Reeves
• Alex Rivera
• Jimmy Yfantopulos

Class of 2019

• Javarzia Belton
• Chris Burnell
• Caleb Burgess
• Tyler Burton
• Kendall Bynum
• Charles Coleman
• Evan Cook
• Jarron Flynn
• James Gascoigne
• Kavon James
• DeMarr Langford
• Jordan Mason
• Jordan Minor
• Tanahj Pettway
• Steven Randle
• Marty Silvera
• Jaylin Stewart
• Khyree Temple
• Rakesh Tibby
• Jamaal Waters

Class of 2020

• Jhamyl Fricas
• Dallion Johnson
• Shomar Leaphart

Providence Elite Camp 2017 Attendees

Notes

• 2019 Akok Akok and Taelon Martin will not be in attendance because they are out in California attending the 2019/2020 session of the adidas Nations Camp that is June 25th through June 29th. Duke and Reeves are playing in the 2018 session, which begins on June 27th.

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