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Jack May Of Ayala To Sign With Dusquene--(April 8, 1999)

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that Dusquene University has secured a verbal committment, and will get a letter of intent in the next day or two from Chino Hills Ayala's Jack May (6'-8" Sr. PF). The paper reported that Coach Darelle Porter, who was 5-23 in his first season. Porter will use one of four scholarship spots opened up by transfers from this year's squad on May. The paper also quoted "one California scouting service director" as saying that May is "better than a lot of kids recruited by Pacific 10 Conference schools." May has made an oral commitment to the Dukes and he told the paper that he will sign a letter of intent in the next few days.

May averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds a game as a senior for Ayala High School, which plays in the largest classification in California. He visited Gonzaga and Montana State. Oregon, Oregon State and California also were interested, but some schools backed off him because only recently did he score high enough on the Scholastic Aptitude Test to be eligible as a freshman.

The Post-Gazette reported that Recruiting SoCal (from Recruiting USA, Dave Benezra and Mark Mayemura's scouting service, had ranked Ayala as the No. 17 player in Southern California. "You have to realize that Southern California produces about 50 Division I players every year. So being No. 17 is pretty good," Mark Mayemura of Recruiting SoCal told the Post-Gazette. "Southern California produces more Division I players than a lot of entire states. If things progress on a normal path and he stays healthy, there are going to be a lot of colleges who wish they would've recruited him.
... Duquesne showed some intelligence by always kind of being there for him."

But how, the Post-Gazette asked, does a California kid get involved with Duquesne? Well, May played on the LA Rockfish AAU team last summer that was coached by Josh Oppenheimer, who is now a Duquesne University assistant. Oppenheimer also played for the Rockfish years ago. "I feel really comfortable with the coaches there," May told the Post-Gazette "They came out here, we had a visit in my home and everything went well." It may seem odd that May chose Duquesne because he hasn't visited the school. He will make an official visit in two weeks. "But I've read a lot about Duquesne and I know it's a good academic school," May said. "The basketball team's rebuilding, and that's what I want to step into. Plus, I've been to Pittsburgh before on vacations and I really liked the city. So I know I won't be disappointed by the area. I'll miss my parents and girlfriend and things like that, but sometimes there are things you have to do. You have to move on."