By ADAM ZAGORIA
Mike Foster, the 6-foot-10 Class of 2021 power forward from Hillcrest Prep (AZ), won’t reclassify and will remain in his current class.
“I’m definitely gonna be at Hillcrest next season,” Foster told SI.com. “I’ve got other goals that I want to accomplish with GEICO Nationals and individual goals so I’m not going to be moving up to 2020.”
Several schools have “inquired” about the possibility of Foster, ranked No. 7 in the 2021 ESPN 60, reclassifying to 2020 and enrolling in college this fall, his mentor Chianti Clay previously told ZAGSBLOG. The hitch is that because he just turned 17 in February, he won’t be eligible for the NBA Draft until 2022. NBA rules state a player must be 19 and a year removed from his graduating class in high school.
So whether he goes to college in 2020 or ’21, Foster is still two years away from the Draft.
“The thing that’s holding up the reclass with Mike is he would have to stay in school two years,” Clay said.
Meantime, UCLA, Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas, Baylor, Georgia, Florida State are among those who have been in touch via Zoom and other calls.
Foster is currently working out in Milwaukee.
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