Newly offered by Syracuse Basketball, four-star junior combo guard and top-70 national prospect Akaden Lewis brings a spectacular 2023-24 season to a top-20 high school program in our nation's capital. .
Lewis, a 6-foot-3 point guard/shooting guard and one of D.C.'s top 2025 recruiting prospects and a fast-rising prospect, announced in recent days on Page X that the Orange coaching staff has offered him a scholarship. It was revealed in
Lewis is rising to prominence at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. On the AAU circuit this spring and summer, he will be running with Team Durant's 17U team based in Oxon Hill, Maryland, in Nike's EYBL league. Another star on Team Durant is 2025 four-star forward Cam Ward, who is being heavily scouted by the C's coaches.
In the 2023-24 season, Lewis helped lead the Sidwell Friends to an overall record of 27 wins and 4 losses. This past season, the Quakers won the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (“MAC”) title and the District of Columbia State Athletic Association (“DCSAA”) Class AA tournament championship.
In its final national Top 25 rankings for 2023-24, MaxPreps placed Sidwell Friends 20th overall, while the Quakers finished 18th, according to ESPN.
As a junior, Lewis averaged 14.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 48 percent from the field, 33 percent from beyond the arc and 83 from the free throw line, according to media reports. % was recorded. .
Individually speaking, his trophy collection for 2023-24 is quite impressive. He was named D.C.'s 2023-24 Player of the Year by both Gatorade and MaxPreps. The Washington Post named Lewis to the All-Met first team, as well as the All-DCSAA first team and All-MAC team.
In addition, Lewis was nominated as an honorable mention to the 2023-24 MaxPreps Junior All-America team.
Let's take a closer look at his recruiting process. According to the recruiting website, Lewis' full offer sheet includes Maryland, Virginia Tech, Villanova, Florida State, Georgetown, Virginia, Brown, Bryant, George Mason, George Washington, Schools include Georgia, Howard, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State and Providence. , St. John's, Vanderbilt, Norfolk State, UMBC.
Lewis took official visits to UVA and Florida State. He has taken unofficial visits to Georgetown and Virginia Tech.
In relation to the Cuse, we hear Lewis is very interested in visiting the Hill once the EYBL season settles down a bit. Nothing is scheduled at this time, but I'm sure the Syracuse basketball coach will bring Lewis to Central New York for a visit in the coming months.
Speaking of grassroots basketball, Team Durant competed at the MADE Hoops East Mania in Baltimore this past weekend, and Lewis received high praise from experts. Following this incident, 247Sports national analyst Dashawn Rondon wrote, “Lewis is seen as having a stock boost with his play with Sidwell Friends and is carrying that into the spring.'' Lewis is a high-level defender. However, he has shown more ability to take over, and last weekend, although Lewis has a high level of scoring ability, he still focused on getting his teammates involved and competing on defense.
From April 26th to April 28th, the EYBL is holding its first official session in Memphis, Tennessee, and you can follow the performance of Lewis and his Team Durant colleagues on the league's website.
This is relevant to his 2025 rankings, with virtually every major recruiting service placing Lewis in the top 100 nationally, top 15 for his position, and DC ESPN ranking him within the top three. The ranking for 2025 has been updated in the past few days. Lewis ranks 67th overall for the cycle and 12th among shooting guards.
It's been well documented that the Orange staff views the Washington-to-Baltimore corridor as one of the team's primary recruiting focuses. New assistant coach Dan Engelstad, along with head coach Adrian Autry and fellow assistant Brenden Strahan, have deep recruiting relationships and connections with the DMV, with Syracuse Basketball emerging as a key candidate for Lewis. I hope that you will.