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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, September 7, 1999
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"I ain't gonna let it (the recruiting process) bother me," Stevenson said.
Sought-after guard eyes Kansas
Jayhawks make recruit's first cut schedule visit
Shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson, of Fresno, Calif., narrowed his list of 80 potential colleges to 10 this past week, and Kansas made the cut.
By Amy Train sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Stevenson, who was listed at No. 3 of ESPN Sportzone's top-50 recruiting prospects, has scheduled his first in-home visit with Kansas on Sept. 7.
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The other nine schools remaining on Stevenson s list are Duke, Fresno State, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Connecticut, UCLA, St. John's and San Diego State. Stevenson will have trimmed his list to seven by the end of September, said Larry Trigueiro,
on his college selection, Stevenson is getting ready to start his senior year of basketball at Washington High.
"Once he narrows it down to the seven, they will have to go at it all year." Triguiro said. Saquero said he had heard.
Stevenson's high school coach.
Stevenson said he had no plan of signing earlier and was holding out until coming
Trigueiro said that Stevenson liked Kansas' coaching staff and tradition and that the coaching staff was pertinent to Stevenson's selection.
"Kansas has a great coach, great program and usually gets into the NCAA tournament every year." Stevenson said.
"He is trying to do it with class," Trigoireo said. "He doesn't want to leave a bad taste in the mouth."
Stevenson is focused on winning a second consecutive state title for his team. Only three schools in California have won
Stevenson and his coach are
"He is a 'win first' type of dude," Trigueiro said. "You very rarely catch him talking about college in a team situation."
faxing information on his selection directly to the schools.
Stevenson is scheduling
Stevenson does have personal goals, as well. He is out to break state scoring and assist records. He also hopes to break his own school's scoring record. Stevenson has started every game except one since he has played at Washington and will be the second player in the history of the school to play varsity basketball all four years.
back-to-back state championships.
Stevenson led Washington to the California Division III title, averaging 25 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists per game last season.
Stevenson said if he came to Kansas he could contribute good defense, add more to the offense and try to show leadership on the court.
-Edited by Matt James
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