Denver West’s Alpha Diallo, right, defends Sand Creek’s Langston Bell in 2014. (Christian Murdock, The Gazette)
Alpha Diallo, a after CHSAA ruled him ineligible, landed at an academy in New Hampshire. And he’s now collecting top-level college scholarship offers.
Diallo, a 6-foot-3 wing who helped Denver West to the state tournament as a sophomore two years ago, tried to transfer to Abraham Lincoln. But CHSAA, in a ruling that , determined Diallo had to sit out his entire junior season. He practiced with Lincoln, but didn’t play.
But for his senior season, Diallo decided he needed to move on to more a competitive and welcoming environment. So he enrolled at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.
“I knew I had to step up if I was going to be one of those dudes people talk about,” in late August.
Now he is being talked about. In the past two weeks, Diallo received scholarship offers from Indiana, Florida, Miami (Fla.), Boston College, Seton Hall and Rutgers, according to his club team. And he visited Virginia Commonwealth. Add those to previous offers from Colorado State and Wyoming, among others.
“I wanted to get noticed,” . I didn’t want to take anything for granted after basketball was taken away from me. It’s what motivated me. It made me want it even more. It was really tough, going through a whole season not playing.”
