Today, Detroit Pershing wing Martez Walker gave a verbal commit to become a University of Texas Longhorn. Walker was recruited by schools such as Temple, Providence, Oakland, and UCF before ultimately deciding on Texas. The lefty had a tremendous senior season, averaging a double-double en route to helping Pershing capture a City Championship. The key turning point in Martez’s recruitment came just a couple weeks ago when Walker took a visit to Texas to tour the campus. Walker said that the visit was fun, and enjoyed the relationship with the coaches he had while on that visit.
Walker will bring a high-volume shooter that excels in coming off any type of screen, as well as a solid scorer to Austin this upcoming season. Some of the up-and-coming portions of his game will be to improve upon athleticism, as well as going right to create offense for himself. No doubt Martez will have to work if he wants to receive playing time at a school that produces tremendous players like Kevin Durant. Martez expects to work hard, play his style of game, and not try to do anything he can’t to in an attempt to impress the coaches.
As an avid supporter of the high school basketball, it makes me feel good when a kid accepts high major scholarship to continue their sport. And this is Pershing High School we are talking about. The school is an absolute basketball factory. From the greats of Steve Smith to the recent products of Keith Appling and Derrick Nix, few schools in the area can compete with the Tradition of Pershing basketball. Martez is now writing a chapter of his own to that story of success and will look to make a name of his own.
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