Chance Westry, a 2022 four-star combo guard and long-time Syracuse basketball target in this cycle, continues to add scholarship offers and has reportedly moved back east.
The 6-foot-5 Westry, a junior at the Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, Calif., has left that team for “personal reasons,” per an article from Tarek Fattal of the Los Angeles Daily News, who quoted Sierra Canyon School head coach Andre Chevalier.
According to Fattal’s article, Westry “has moved back to Pennsylvania.” Westry is a native of Harrisburg, Pa., and previously attended Trinity High School in Camp Hill, Pa., before electing to transfer to the Sierra Canyon School in June 2020.
As we detailed at that time, also on the Sierra Canyon School roster is Bronny James, the son of NBA superstar LeBron James. Bronny James is a four-star guard in the 2023 class.
More than anything else, I hope that everything is okay with Westry and his loved ones. I haven’t seen any further information about where Westry next plans to suit up in high school, but we’ll of course keep on monitoring this.
Syracuse basketball 2022 prospect Chance Westry is reportedly back in Pennsylvania.
Westry, a consensus top-55 prospect in the 2022 cycle, has a bunch of high-major offers. The Orange offered him back in July of 2019. Other offers include from teams such as Michigan, Virginia, Louisville, Memphis, Georgetown, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Miami, Florida, Maryland, Southern California, LSU, Auburn, Arkansas, Providence, St. John’s, VCU, Georgia and Temple.
A relatively new offer for Westry has arrived from former Big East Conference rival Connecticut, according to a tweet from recruiting guru Jake Weingarten, the founder of Stockrisers.com.
UConn just offered Top-25 junior Chance Westry, he told @Stockrisers. Huskies established interest over the last few weeks, along with Marquette, now they extend him an offer.
— Jake (@jakeweingarten) May 12, 2021
Speaking of the Big East, Creighton also recently pledged a scholarship to Westry, Weingarten has also reported. Some analysts and recruiting insiders believe that Westry could attain five-star status in the 2022 class when all is said and done.
During his sophomore term for Trinity High School, Westry averaged 24.1 points per contest and was named PennLive’s Player of the Year, according to a story by Brian Linder, who is a managing sports producer at PennLive.com and the Harrisburg Patriot-News.
After the news broke about Westry moving back east, some Syracuse basketball fans in chat rooms suggested that him being in Pennsylvania could help the Orange’s chances, given that he’s now much closer, geographically speaking, to Central New York.
For me, that remains to be seen. High-school prospects soon can start taking official visits, and I’m hoping that one of Westry’s will be to the Hill.