by Stephen M. Lewis
DigitalSports Richmond
slewis@digitalsports.com
Travis McKie‘s recruitment is over. Wake Forest nabbed the John Marshall star’s commitment Wednesday.
The 6-7, 195 pound forward chose Wake over a slew of big-time programs.
“They made me a priority,” McKie said. “They made me feel like I was their guy from day one. They used all of the seven visits allowed to a player, five of them were from the head coach. They’ve always been straight up and honest with me.”
Ironically, Wake put the full-court press on the Richmonder four years after losing out on L.C. Bird’s Tyrese Rice, who went on to star at Boston College and is a sure NBA draft pick in June.
McKie is ranked in or near the top 50 in the class of 2010 by most or all of the recruiting sites.
He garnered offers from Clemson, Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech, Alabama and Georgia Tech, among others.
He received heavy interest from North Carolina, but no offer from the national champion that will be led by fellow Richmonder Ed Davis next season, a Benedictine product.
“When you want something and you realize where you want to go, you
shouldn’t contemplate on it,” McKie said. “I felt loved and I felt wanted. I can go
there and achieve all my goals.
“I’m not going to say I can go there and take over. I can come in and make an impact. I think I can come in and gel with the guys that’s already there. I can do a lot of special things there.”
Tyree Evans (Kent State), Tyrese Rice, Davis, now McKie. It looks like Henrico’s Trey Davis is next, a rising junior with offers already in hand from Richmond, VCU and Virginia.
“Richmond has become a hot place,” McKie said. “I can’t tell you when it happened, but it happened. It’s just going to continue to go on and on.
“To be honest, I just played basketball. You don’t really think about this stuff when you are a kid. Just a few years ago, I was an eighth grader playing JV, now I’m an ACC commit.”
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