ElDuque wrote:

I have never heard of the kid, but there is an April story in a Carolina newspaper saying he signed with Duquesne. I'm guessing "preferred walk on?"

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In some instances, a coach may designate an athlete as a "preferred walk-on" during the scouting process. In this situation, the athlete is assured a spot on the team, but the coach is unable or unwilling to offer a scholarship.

Now, I don't know if this young man IS a preferred walk-on, or if he plans to attend DU and walk-on, if Jimmy Ferry knows him, or knows that he has made this announcement. I know the Yuku guys are better connected to the program so they probably know.

Hey all, Marshall Macheledt will be a walk-on, and I think his family/school just got a bit excited and made it a big announcement. It's not really a preferred walk-on, I'm told — the difference being that a preferred walk-on is guaranteed a spot on the roster (but no scholarship) and a regular ol' walk-on has to go through a tryout of some sort.

And despite what that article says, Marshall did not sign a letter of intent, because walk-ons aren't permitted to sign them. It was probably his Duquesne acceptance letter or something like that.

From Stephen Nesbitt's Dukes Dispatches on Twitter: For the curious: 6'8" F Marshall Macheledt (Greensboro, N.C.) will walk on at DUQ. Not preferred walk-on, I'm told, and did not sign LOI.

Hey, no harm here. He's probably no worse than some of the big guys we've wasted scholarships on over the last 40 years, and he's paying his own way. Maybe he'll be a 6'9" Jason Duty.

13 is Jackson and 4 is Castro?

I found this old article. Apparently, he was at a camp where good old Danny Nee was coaching. Wonder if Nee had anything to do with him coming here?

http://hoopgroup.com/elite-camp-updates/live-blog-academic-elite-session-2-day-two/