Kiel Turpin, son of Kentucky great Melvin Turpin, is going to be writing about his recruitment for Nation of Blue.com readers. This is the first edition of Kiel’s journal and I look forward to following this young man through his recruitment. Kiel will be introducing himself to you and give you information of who has been recruiting him and he also writes about his visit to USC last week. Hope you enjoy!!
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I attend Lincoln College in Lincoln IL, and I’ll be a sophomore next year and looking forward to starting up basketball season again. My GPA was 3.0 this year, and i am looking into studying Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement as a major when I go to a major College. I have gotten offers from USC, Bowling Green, SIU, Kansas State, Loyola-Chicago. I have interest from UK, Mississippi State, Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Cal, Ohio State, Louisville, UNI and a couple others.
My trip to USC was really amazing. I haven’t really been outside Illinois, just mostly around its surrounding states, so it was a major eye opener for me. I’m still considering a lot of schools right now but I do see myself returning to USC for one of my Official Visits. I pretty much like everything down there. It’s a huge NBA city, lots of diverse people, and the weather is ridiculous. On the negative side, it is pretty far from my family. My recruitment in general is going fine, but I’m not getting as many phone calls anymore so I’m not stressed out as much. All together I’m enjoying my self and just soaking everything in.
Kiel Turpin
