Gabriel Picks Kentucky on ESPN Set
Wilbraham and Monson Academy and Mass Rivals forward Wenyen Gabriel announced his college decision live on the set of ESPN's recruiting nation on Wednesday.
Gabriel had previously cut his list to five schools - Kentucky, Duke, UConn, Providence and Maryland and taken official visits to Maryland and Kentucky in recent weeks. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and two assistants were at Wilbraham and Monson on Tuesday night to make one last pitch to Gabriel but it ended up being not enough as he committed to Wildcats' head coach John Calipari.
Watch the full video of Gabriel's announcement here.
Gabriel had a breakout summer with the Rivals as he was arguably the most widely pursued player in all of Las Vegas on the third week of the period as he was trailed not just by Calipari, Coach K, Kevin Ollie, Ed Cooley and Mark Turgeon but also Roy Williams, Bill Self, Shaka Smart, Jay Wright, Mike Brey and countless others.
Below are some of his summer highlights care of Ballas TV and RI Affiliated:
Wenyen Gabriel