Jahki Howard, a 2024 basketball recruit, introduced he’s transferring to Donda Academy, a faculty backed by rapper and businessman Kanye West.
“I might be transferring to California and I might be transferring to Donda academy, I wish to THANK YOU NORCROSS and the entire BLUE DEVIL FAMILY STILL WILL BE MY FAMILY,” he wrote in an Instagram put up.
The 6’6″ wing is a sophomore at Norcross in Georgia and a five-star recruit, per ESPN.
The brand new non-public college is positioned in Simi Valley, Calif., based on the Indy Star. Jalen Hooks, one other five-star recruit, has additionally dedicated to the non-public college and informed the Indy Star it is a “nice alternative.”
“It’s simply a kind of issues you possibly can’t go up,” Hooks informed the Indy Star. “It was extra of a household choice, too. All of us simply felt prefer it was an opportunity to achieve my full potential and develop and prepare for the faculty degree.”
The brand new college can be prone to land five-star 2023 level guard Robert Dillingham, per Excessive College Nationwide Enterprise Insider’s Samad Hines.
Donda Academy, named after West’s mom, shares the title of his newest album titled Donda. The brand new college shared it mission assertion in September.
Donda Academy might be a non-public Okay-12 college and have simply 60 whole college students however tuition might be free, per MTV Information.
“Donda Academy prepares college students to develop into the following technology of leaders, thinkers and innovators by offering them with a world-class training,” the varsity’s training advisor, Beulah McLoyd, informed MTV Information.
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