Just a few months after arriving in the United States to pursue his budding basketball dream, former La Salle Greenhills star and current Cathedral High School student Kobe Paras has been offered a varsity scholarship by an NCAA Division I school. 16-year-old Kobe Paras is still two years away from entering the college basketball scene but has already received an offer from US NCAA Division I school UC Irvine, according to a report.
Although Paras has yet to play in a regular season high school game, since the opening of the new academic year in the US is still a few weeks away, the 6’6” son of PBA great Benjie Paras has made a good account of himself while suiting up for the Phantoms in several pocket tournaments during the course of the summer break.
This includes his stellar performance against Long Beach Polytechnic High during the recent DeMar DeRozan tournament, in which he displayed remarkable marksmanship from the perimeter en route to a 22-point outing, highlighted by three triples.
Given his promising game and tremendous potential, Kobe Paras has caught the eye of the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) Anteaters.
California-based recruiting analyst Neal Nieves posted on his Twitter account that the university had expressed interest in Paras, the son of PBA legend Benjie Paras. UC Irvine offered 2016 6-foot-6 Wing Kobe Paras out of Cathedral HS (CA) today according to a source.
Although Paras has yet to play in a regular season high school game, since the opening of the new academic year in the US is still a few weeks away, the 6’6” son of PBA great Benjie Paras has made a good account of himself while suiting up for the Phantoms in several pocket tournaments during the course of the summer break.
This includes his stellar performance against Long Beach Polytechnic High during the recent DeMar DeRozan tournament, in which he displayed remarkable marksmanship from the perimeter en route to a 22-point outing, highlighted by three triples.
Given his promising game and tremendous potential, Kobe Paras has caught the eye of the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) Anteaters.
California-based recruiting analyst Neal Nieves posted on his Twitter account that the university had expressed interest in Paras, the son of PBA legend Benjie Paras. UC Irvine offered 2016 6-foot-6 Wing Kobe Paras out of Cathedral HS (CA) today according to a source.
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