Lawhorn Makes the Call

New England Recruiting Report | Friday, February 26th, 2010

Lawhorn Makes the Call

Danny Lawhorn’s recruitment has been a long and windy road.  He spent the last three years at Hartford Public High School, where he emerged as one of the top point guards in the CIAC and committed to Boston College in December of his junior season. 

Lawhorn remained committed to B.C. until July when he opted to open up his recruitment amidst concerns about his role with the Eagles and their style of play.   

Since that time the point guard has received interest from a variety of mid to high major schools with programs like Baylor, UCLA, and even Connecticut showing some levels of interest along the way. 

But this weekend Lawhorn opted to put an end to his recruitment as he made a commitment to Fordham University and interim head coach Jared Grasso. 

While a number of factors went into his decision, most important was the opportunity to play his college basketball close to his family while playing for a coach who he believes he can thrive under. 

“He has been recruiting me since my sophomore year and I wanted to play for him,” Lawhorn said of Grasso, “and I also wanted to be close to my family.  Besides me and my mom, my family is all in Harlem."

Grasso’s intended style of play also appears to have worked in his favor as Lawhorn has unrivaled speed and quickness and was excited about the opportunity to play for a Fordham team that plans to push the pace. 

“He said he wanted to run a fast paced, up-tempo team,” Lawhorn said.  "I liked that."

Since arriving at South Kent this fall, Lawhorn has made significant strides, becoming more of a true point guard and learning how run a team in the half-court set.  For the season he is averaging a double-double with points and assists and has started at the point all year long for a team that is currently 20-9. 

“The big thing with Danny is that he has always been a very talented player with his speed and quickness, it was just learning how to channel it,” said South Kent head coach Kelvin Jefferson.  “Now, he understands how to change speeds and has become a better player and point guard as a result.”

“He has had games for us with 18 or 19 assists.  He creates offense for other players and that is what a point guard is supposed to do.”