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Sidiki Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 220-pound rising senior wing committed to Arizona, is the latest New York City star to leave the area for school.
Bernard Bowen, Johnson’s father, said Johnson will depart Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep to spend next season at national power Oak Hill (Va.) Academy.
“He’s going to Virginia,” Bowen said Tuesday by phone. “He’s finishing up strong academically, trying to get ready to take that next step and go to Oak Hill. We’re just trying to get ready for college. That’s what it’s all about.”
Read the full breaking news story at SNY.
The Tucson Citizen writes that Johnson will be the sixth Arizona player to compete at Oak Hill, following Orlando Vega (1988), Ben Davis (1991), Stephen Jackson (1996), Brandon Jennings (2008), and Lamont “Momo” Jones (2009).
(Photo courtesy Rivals.com)
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Sidiki Johnson, a 6-foot-9, 220-pound rising senior wing committed to Arizona, is the latest New York City star to leave the area for school.
Bernard Bowen, Johnson’s father, said Johnson will depart Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep to spend next season at national power Oak Hill (Va.) Academy.
“He’s going to Virginia,” Bowen said Tuesday by phone. “He’s finishing up strong academically, trying to get ready to take that next step and go to Oak Hill. We’re just trying to get ready for college. That’s what it’s all about.”
Read the full breaking news story at SNY.
The Tucson Citizen writes that Johnson will be the sixth Arizona player to compete at Oak Hill, following Orlando Vega (1988), Ben Davis (1991), Stephen Jackson (1996), Brandon Jennings (2008), and Lamont “Momo” Jones (2009).
(Photo courtesy Rivals.com)
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