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Only a freshman in high school, Central's Jeremiah Davis had not thought much about where he could land as a freshman in college.

Until Sunday.

That's when the 6-foot-2 point guard talked with University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie, who during a phone call offered Davis a scholarship to attend Kentucky.

"This is all pretty exciting and surprising," said Davis, who will graduate high school in 2011. "Right now I'm just honored that they would offer me a scholarship."

Davis said he will not rush into making a college choice, but he is intrigued by the Kentucky offer.

Davis has a connection to Kentucky with Vinny Zollo, his AAU teammate with Team Indiana Elite, already orally committed to the Wildcats. He plans to discuss his options with his parents and coaches before making any decisions.

Other schools that have expressed interest in Davis include Indiana, Ohio State, Syracuse and Tennessee.

The one constant feeling experienced by Davis, his family and Central coach Matt Fine was surprise -- not that he got the offer, but how soon it came.

"As a dad, you expect the best for your child," said Davis' father, also named Jeremiah. "But realistically an offer from the University of Kentucky is mind blowing."

Said Fine of the timing of the offer, "There's not a question at all that offers at this level were going to come to him. But we didn't think this soon. The times are changing, and the offers are coming earlier these days."

Kentucky has received publicity in recent weeks for its early offers and commitments. This offseason the Wildcats received an oral commitment from an eighth grader, Michael Avery from Encino, Calif., and also secured one from a freshman in Zollo, who is from Greenfield, Ohio.

"I didn't imagine an offer like this would happen this offseason," said Davis, who averaged 7.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game during his freshman season at Central.

Davis' father said the family will spend the next few weeks discussing the unexpected scholarship offer.

"We'll talk about where Jeremiah wants to be," the elder Davis said. "What does he want to do? Where does he want to be in life? Education means a lot to us. It's early, and we have to be as level-headed as we can about the process."

Freshman point guard gets scholarship offer from UK | courier-journal | The Courier-Journal

[simple simon]

i saw the title of this thread and wondered why the United Kingdom was offering him a scholarship

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Originally Posted by simple simon

i saw the title of this thread and wondered why the United Kingdom was offering him a scholarship

DOH! .