Kansas State Wildcats land first high school hoops prospect for 2025 recruiting cycle
After a long and quiet start, the Kansas State men’s basketball team has gained its first high school pledge of the 2025 recruiting cycle.
Ashton Magee, a 6-foot-7 and 205-pound wing from Ellisville, Mississippi, has committed to play for coach Jerome Tang and the Wildcats.
His commitment is newsworthy for a few different reasons.
Tang has not found much success recruiting high school players in recent years and the K-State roster is currently filled mostly with transfers. David Castillo was the only freshman this season.
But Tang seems willing to bring in young talent at the moment. That much was clear over the weekend, when the Wildcats played host to Exavier Wilson and Magee on a recruiting visit.
Magee has already committed to K-State and the Wildcats are trending in the right direction for Wilson.
Wilson is expected to announce his college choice at noon Thursday.
Magee picked K-State after also receiving scholarship offers from Georgia State, New Mexico State, Nicholls, Southern Miss, USF and other programs. He does not have a star rating at On3 or 247sports, but he is averaging 23.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game as a high school senior.
Fans can count on him providing roster depth and possibly competing for playing time as a freshman.
The Wildcats have already lost Achor Achor and will look to replace at least the departures of seniors Coleman Hawkins and David N’Guessan next season.
This story was originally published March 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM with the headline "Kansas State Wildcats land first high school hoops prospect for 2025 recruiting cycle."