Ted Eby Headed to M.I.T.
Recruiting at a place like M.I.T. is a hard job. Many schools have the challenge of meeting lofty goals on the court while only recruiting from a very small applicant pool based on the admissions criteria of their school…but M.I.T. takes that task to another level. With perhaps the most rigorous academic requirements in the nation, finding players who can compete on the court and in the classroom is an extremely daunting task.
But Head Coach Larry Anderson deserves a ton of credit as he had already put together a good recruiting class that just got a lot better.
Northfield Mount Hermon’s 6’10” center Ted Eby is headed to Cambridge. The North Carolina native was hearing from a variety of division I programs early in the year, most notably from the America East and Patriot League. Unfortunately those coaches have been unable to see the big man play in recent weeks as he has been held out of action with a leg injury. But what turns out to be a loss for those programs is a huge gain for M.I.T. as Eby will bring a tremendous interior presence.
“Ted is a mid-major player defensively, and he is working very hard to bring his offensive game to the same level,” said Northfield Mount Hermon Head Coach John Carroll. “He should be immediately successful at M.I.T. and help them catch up to some of the top programs in the NESCAC.”
Eby won’t be alone as he will be joined by another local product in Phillips Exeter sharp-shooting guard Jamie Karraker. The duo should form a nice 1-2 punch for Engineers to rely on for years to come. With Eby’s size and aggressive he is bound to command double teams right away in his freshman season. But defenders won’t be able to help off of Karrakar as he is one of the best long range shooters in the region.
With two players like this in the fold, look for M.I.T. to contend on the national level in the next five years.
Jamie Karraker
Larry Anderson
Ted Eby