Player Profile Update: New Jersey Junior

Reporter Mike Sullivan has a free player profile look at the individual game of Steve Rennard, who competed with great skill with Matt Pauls' NJABC AAU team over the summer. Rennard has many aspects that are attractive to division one coaches. Sullivan details them in this story ...

PLAYER PROFILE: Steve Rennard

HEIGHT: 6-foot-1

WEIGHT: 172 pounds

HIGH SCHOOL: St. Joe's in Metuchen, New Jersey

AAU PROGRAM: NJABC

AAU HEAD COACH: Matt Pauls

CLASS: 2010, A current junior

COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES INTERESTED IN STEVE RENNARD'S INDIVIDUAL GAME: Massachusetts, Fordham, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and Pennsylvania

STEVE RENNARD AS A STUDENT: Can't be much better than Steve in the classroom. He possesses a sweet looking 4.0 grade point average, making him a dream recruit, especially for academically minded colleges and universities. Rennard will likely have an opportunity to choose between Ivy quality schools and some solid schools with decent basketball programs.

EVALUATION: Matt Pauls, his AAU coach, likes the way Steve Rennard plays the game. "He does many things to help you win a basketball game," said Pauls.

"He's an excellent shooter. He can play either guard position. He defends well too."