Paulino May Head East to Prep
One of the bigger sleepers on the West Coast to emerge last winter was lanky 6-2, 160 pound shooting/combo guard Kenton Paulino of Fremont H.S. in Los Angeles, Calif.
Paulino (pictured right), who played with the H-Squad at both the adidas Big Time and Oakland Slam N Jam Elite 8x2 Tournaments, said he plans on attending Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Me., this fall.
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Paulino said he has garnered interest this summer from Texas, Providence, San Diego State, Wyoming, Fresno State, Texas El Paso and Pepperdine, although no one has yet tendered a scholarship offer.
Paulino can really stroke the ball from beyond the arc, as evidenced by his 24 points, six rebound, three assists and two steal per game averages last season at Fremont.
If Paulino is to qualify academically, he'll need to boost both his core grades and test score to do so. He can only boost his core grades if he did not earn his degree from Fremont H.S., and we are unsure if he has done so at this juncture.
Paulino told us at the Big Time Tournament that he holds a 2.2 GPA and is about 100 points shy of attaining a qualifying SAT score (based on a 2.5 GPA).
IR will keep you posted on Paulino in the coming months, especially if he heads east to prep.