6/21/2017 basketball Edit

NBA Draft Look Back: Markelle Fultz

Krysten Peek • Basketball Recruiting

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Krysten is a former DII basketball player but sometimes tells top recruits she played at UConn to see the look on their face. She's also completed a marathon on every continent (yes, even Antarctica).

Markelle Fultz was the top draft pick of the 2017 NBA Draft on Thursday night. But Rivals.com knew him much longer ago.

Before his star freshman year at Washington, Fultz was a shy high school junior just scratching at the surface of the player he could be while detailing his rise from junior varsity sophomore to five-star prospect.