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Recruiting | 2009 Recruit Manny Atkins Commits to VT!

Update: Here’s an article I found on Manny from December 2007…

Original Story:

It didn’t take the Hokies long to fill Kendall Durant’s scholarship.Â With the news Durant would not be attending VT next year, a scholarship opened up.Â That scholarship was quickly snatched up by Class of 2009 recruit Manny Atkins.Â Manny is a 6′6″ small forward from Stone Mountain, Georgia.Â

Manny is a 3-star recruit according to Rivals.com and Scout.com.Â Scout.com has him as the #20 small forward in the 2009 Class.Â He averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds per game last season as a junior.

Atkins (Tucker HS) becomes the fourth VT recruit from the Stone Mountain/Eastern AtlantaÂ area in the last seven recruiting classes, joining Class of 2003 signee Coleman Collins (Chamblee HS - signed by ricky stokes), 2005 signee/ gwu transfer Wynton Witherspoon (Lilburn, GA/Berkmar HS),Â and 2007 signee Terrell Bell (Stone Mountain HS).Â Based on that, expect another greater Atlanta prospect to join the Hokies in 2011!

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Niemo
June 25th, 2008
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3 Responses to “Recruiting | 2009 Recruit Manny Atkins Commits to VT!”

Comment #1481 | June 25th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
vatechhokies50 Says:

He sounds like he can take over for Vasallo after he gets some seasoning…. we need a wing type of player… someone who can can the threes with a quick release.
Comment #1482 | June 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
vatechhokies50 Says:

http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtbasketball/wb/167102

Roanoke Times coverage
Comment #1487 | June 27th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
goodraisin Says:

I like this addition, and I agree that this guy could be the scorer we need to replace AD Vassallo. I like that he plays in a competitive district in Atlanta as well… I am a little worried about Ben Boggs and Erick Green because they played against some pretty poor competition. Virginia AA schools haven’t exactly proven to be a wealth of basketball talent. Solid recruiting from Greenberg yet again.

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