Alden Applewhite is a high major wing in 2021

The travel season has been tough to navigate for a lot of teams and even tougher on the prospects looking to add scholarship offers, but Alden Applewhite used the one weekend he was able to play with Reform Sports last month to get college coaches excited about his game,

An athletic and skilled 6-foot-7 small forward, Applewhite performed well in games against Team Curry and Upward Stars and showed his ability to stretch defenses with his perimeter stroke.

The Memphis native, who will be at Compass Prep in Arizona this year, says Iowa State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, St. John’s and Xavier are the schools coming at him the hardest right now. He’s already been on campus at Mississippi State and Ole Miss back before the extended dead period started.

Iowa State: “They have been recruiting me since I was a freshman. Coach [William] Small has been recruiting really hard. I’ve been watching their coaching staff’s teams play since they were at Murray State and they always do a good job with their guards and they are always a winning program.”

Mississippi State: “It’s a good program. Coach Korey [McCray] has been recruiting me real hard. They play at a good pace and get up and down. They let their wings and guards play.”

Ole Miss: “Coach [Win] Case has been recruiting me real hard there. I’ve been on zoom calls with them and they’ve been showing me how I can fit in with the guards coming in with my class.

St. John’s: “Their coaching staff has a good relationship with my parents. They’ve been recruiting me since before they got there. Their style of play is really good too. They are really aggressive. Coach [Mike] Anderson has been talking to me a lot.”

Xavier: “Their program is pretty good. They always talk about the Big East and how competitive it is. They’ve always been a winning program and they always compete. I like their style of play and they play at a good pace.”

Applewhite was clear to mention that the five schools currently recruiting him the hardest isn’t a final five and he’s still open to all schools. Getting him on campus early gives Mississippi State and Ole Miss an advantage over the other schools involved, but it definitely doesn’t rule the other schools on his list out. The three-star small forward says his timeline on a decision has been thrown off with the extended dead period and he’s not sure when he’ll make a commitment. There is a possibility he plays out his senior season and adds to his list of suitors.