Fred Van Vleet a Shocker Star

[WSUwatcher]

This has probably been posted elsewhere, but I haven't seen it yet, so here goes:

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-05-05/underrated-players-fred-vanvleet-frank-kaminsky-montrezl-harrell/

You'll never guess the first guy mentioned... I was just disappointed they apparently self-limited to one player per team, because Tekele Cotton probably deserves a spot, too.

[KraRam]

The Van Vleet Effect Part 1 & 2

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-sports/d/story/young-athletes-in-rockford-are-looking-up-to-fred/40162/86laRzh5XEaqL9G1seZ17Q

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-sports/d/story/new-field-houses-at-the-rockford-high-schools-shou/14601/NvY9ujo3akOkddrTw4LkJA

[Kung Wu]

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-...XEaqL9G1seZ17Q

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-...akOkddrTw4LkJA

That's not just FVV -- that's Marshall too. Marshall + FVV = Rockford Revival

[WuDrWu]

Kind of a humorous exchange from the Bradley board:

(5-14-2012) Something new on Van Fleet... Should be fun to watch him compete against BU's Fields...

http://www.rocwithme.com/college-bas...fred-van-fleet

(5-7-14) In hindsight, it hasn't been much fun watching him go against BU..

(5-8-14) When he meant Van Vleet going against Fields, maybe he meant Fields was barking at him from the bench as Fred made yet another impressive play.

[KraRam]

Van Vleet Reflects on Season And The Shot

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-sports/d/story/fred-van-vleet-is-back-in-rockford-and-scott-leber/41139/DT2EP7LfTE6BuRWoHfmiPA

[Dave Stalwart]

Van Vleet Reflects on Season And The Shot

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-...TE6BuRWoHfmiPA

"The goal every season is to win a national championship"

"(Paraphrase) Missing that shot is only going to fuel the fire to work even harder this off season"

At the bottom of the article it said he will attend the Nike skills camp for the top point guards in the nation at the end of June.

[Bluzrover]

Van Vleet Reflects on Season And The Shot

http://www.mystateline.com/fulltext-...TE6BuRWoHfmiPA

Just saw this as well and was going to post, thanks for putting it up. Fred is just unbelievable. Great answer to the question about the last shot. My brother and I talked about this very thing and we both assumed Fred would use it just as he described in the interview.

[WuShock16]

Fred recently gave a commencement speech to the graduates of his old high school. Who of us here was mature enough and smart enough to be asked to be a guest speaker and give a high school commencement speech at age 20?

(Crickets chirping...)

[ShoxFan7]

Retweeted by Paul Suellentrop
Scott Grodsky @ScottGrodsky
Hard to imagine any athlete or really anyone trying to do more for their city before their 21st birthday than @FredVanVleet is for Rockford.

[BostonWu]

If Fred doesn't end up with basketball as his profession after college (likely) then I could see him as a great civic/youth leader...Maybe he'll be both.

[wu_shizzle]

What's the minimum age to run for Mayor of Rockford?

Honestly though, he has a great temperament for coaching.

[Dan]

or a rapid rising D1 coach

[Cdizzle]

Our AAs spend summers giving commencement speeches and acting as ambassadors for the improvement of their communities.

What's not to like. This program is a whole lot of fun right now.

[1979Shocker]

WSU notes: VanVleet returns home with encouraging words

Fred recently gave a commencement speech to the graduates of his old high school. Who of us here was mature enough and smart enough to be asked to be a guest speaker and give a high school commencement speech at age 20?

(Crickets chirping...)

Here's a piece from Paul Suellentrop about the commencement speech.

http://www.kansas.com/2014/05/31/3485099/wsu-notes-vanvleet-returns-home.html

[jocoshock]

@kansasdotcom: Wichita State #Shockers: RT @PaulS:uellentrop: Fred VanVleet's graduation speech last week at Auburn High.

http://www.kansas.com/2014/06/05/3494119/fred-vanvleet-speaks-to-graduates.html

The video