Bears Hot in Pursuit of 4 Star Etiwanda SG Jahmai Mashack
In June, the Bears extended an offer to 2021 4 star Etiwanda High School shooting guard Jahmai Mashack. Since then, the relationship has grown quickly.
Rated the number 14 shooting guard and 48 player overall by Rivals, a commitment from Mashack would be a big boost to Cal head coach Mark Fox’s recruiting resume at Cal.
The non-traditional recruiting period programs find themselves in with no offical recruiting visits allowed due to Covid-19 has forced Cal and other programs to be creative in how they sell their programs, including Zoom meetings and tours of campus and facilities.
The Bears’ most recent Zoom meeting with the talented guard was a success.
“The Zoom call was very good,” said Mashack. “Coach Fox is definitely an X’s and O’s guy, which is great with taking your game to the next level. You can tell he’s watched a ton of film on me. He had clips of my games and moves throughout the zoom mixed in with their style of play. It was definitely impressive and the only school who has done that in that way.
“He said Cal was voted the number one program for player development and number one public school university. Those things are definitely impressive to me.”
Despite the lack of official visit opportunities, the Bears have a bit of an advantage with the talented guard from his family connection.
“I’ve been to the campus before,” said Mashack. “It’s amazing . My mom graduated from there so you know we had to take family trips to see it.
“The Bay doesn’t seem like So Cal because it has it’s own vibe. I really like it. My mom talks about it a lot.”
The lack of visit opportunities has helped from Mashack’s decision time frame, which is looming soon unless official visits are opened up again.
“I’m looking to decide in the next month or so unless they say we can take visits,” said Mashack. “If so, it’ll probably be in November at signing period.
“Obviously Cal has great academics. But I’m also looking for player development and relationships. I’m a big relationship guy. I want to have the kind of relationship with my coaches that is bigger than just basketball. Those are the things that I’m kind of looking at.”
Besides Cal, Mashack currently holds offers from Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee, Louisville and more.
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