Louisville lands five-star basketball recruit for class of 2017
The University of Louisville landed its first basketball commitment for the class of 2017 on Thursday.
Malik Williams — a 6-foot-11 post player from Fort Wayne, Ind. — announced his commitment to the Cardinals, who had made the top-50 prospect one of their biggest priorities for next year’s class. Coach Rick Pitino was a regular for Williams’ games on the summer circuit, and the player visited U of L earlier this week.
247Sports ranks Williams as a five-star prospect and the No. 22 overall recruit in the 2017 class. Scout.com pegs him as the No. 30 player in the class and lists him as the No. 6 power forward in the country.
Williams chose Louisville over fellow finalists Georgetown, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Purdue and UCLA. He had reported scholarship offers from all of those schools.
UK showed some early interest in Williams’ recruitment but did not extend an offer.
I would like to thank all schools that recruited me but I will be committing to the University of Louisville #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/CDZxEZydc2
— Malik Williams (@leek_willi34) August 4, 2016
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This story was originally published August 4, 2016 at 4:09 PM with the headline "Louisville lands five-star basketball recruit for class of 2017."