BruinBlitz - Local 2024 guard Eric Freeny begins UCLA official visit
Corona-Centennial's Eric Freeny is squeezing in an official visit to UCLA between two big summer events this week.
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Local Corona-Centennial guard Eric Freeny is beginning an official visit with UCLA today as he squeezes in the trip between two big high school events. He just helped Centennial earn a championship in its division at the California Live event down in OC, and this weekend he will head out to Arizona for the Section 7 event. UCLA watched him last weekend and will have coaches in attendance this week in Arizona as well.
The Bruins are clearly a leader for Freeny, but he says he plans to hold off on announcing a commitment until December. We'll see if that holds, but regardless UCLA heads into the official visit in a good spot. Cal and Colorado State are two other programs pushing for visits while he already took an official visit to UNLV this spring.
Hit the link for a look ahead to his official visit as it gets underway and he discusses why UCLA has emerged as a top contender in his recruitment.
UCLA obviously signed Devin Williams from Centennial for the 2023 class, so there is a connection there plus Rod Palmer is one of the founders of Freeny's travel ball program, Compton Magic. Those relationships have certainly been influential. He has also grown to get to know Mick Cronin, who is someone he feels a connection with already.
"He reminds me of coach [Josh] Giles a little bit," Freeny said comparing the UCLA head coach to his current coach at Centennial. "I feel like they run a system just like Centennial does. I feel like it's good to fit into."
