Pelphrey adds Nobles to recruiting class
Bart Pohlman
Issue date: 4/22/09 Section: Sports
With three recruits already signed for next season, Arkansas coach John Pelphrey has added a fourth member to his class.
High school guard Julysses Nobles of Jackson, Miss., has signed with the Hogs, it was announced Monday.
A 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Callaway High School, Nobles averaged 20.9 points, 6.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds as a senior on a team that finished 33-6 and won the Class 4A state championship. He was named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger's Dandy Dozen list and was a finalist for the state's Mr. Basketball Award.
"We are very excited to have Julysses Nobles as a Razorback and in our program," Pelphrey said in a statement. "He played against strong competition in Mississippi and won a state championship. He's a really good player and a tough kid. He's committed to playing both offense and defense, and he's committed to being a student-athlete."
Ranked as the No. 47 point guard prospect by ESPN, Nobles signed with the Razorbacks after also receiving offers from Florida State, Baylor, Wichita State, Alabama-Birmingham, Tulane and Georgia State.
Nobles joins a class which already includes early signees Anthony Borden, Jemal Farmer and Marshawn Powell.
Borden, a 7-foot center from West Memphis, averaged 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 7.0 blocked shots for West Memphis High School and earned Class 6A all-state honors as a senior. He is ranked as the No. 18 center in the nation by ESPN.
A 6-foot-5 junior guard from Cloud Community College in Concordia, Kan., Farmer averaged a team-high 17.1 points to go along with 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals this season, earning him second-team All Jayhawk Conference honors.
Powell, a 6-foot-7 forward from Crozet, Va., averaged 22.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as a senior at The Miller School, and he helped lead his team to the Virginia Independent Schools Division II title. He is ranked as the No. 25 power forward by ESPN.
High school guard Julysses Nobles of Jackson, Miss., has signed with the Hogs, it was announced Monday.
A 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Callaway High School, Nobles averaged 20.9 points, 6.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds as a senior on a team that finished 33-6 and won the Class 4A state championship. He was named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger's Dandy Dozen list and was a finalist for the state's Mr. Basketball Award.
"We are very excited to have Julysses Nobles as a Razorback and in our program," Pelphrey said in a statement. "He played against strong competition in Mississippi and won a state championship. He's a really good player and a tough kid. He's committed to playing both offense and defense, and he's committed to being a student-athlete."
Ranked as the No. 47 point guard prospect by ESPN, Nobles signed with the Razorbacks after also receiving offers from Florida State, Baylor, Wichita State, Alabama-Birmingham, Tulane and Georgia State.
Nobles joins a class which already includes early signees Anthony Borden, Jemal Farmer and Marshawn Powell.
Borden, a 7-foot center from West Memphis, averaged 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 7.0 blocked shots for West Memphis High School and earned Class 6A all-state honors as a senior. He is ranked as the No. 18 center in the nation by ESPN.
A 6-foot-5 junior guard from Cloud Community College in Concordia, Kan., Farmer averaged a team-high 17.1 points to go along with 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals this season, earning him second-team All Jayhawk Conference honors.
Powell, a 6-foot-7 forward from Crozet, Va., averaged 22.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as a senior at The Miller School, and he helped lead his team to the Virginia Independent Schools Division II title. He is ranked as the No. 25 power forward by ESPN.
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