The five days Kalen Etzler spent in St. Louis at the Nike Elite 100 camp, filled with dozens of the top underclassmen in the nation, served as a bit of a reminder to the 6-foot-8, 195-pound power forward. A reminder that even though he’s one of the top players in his state and already committed to Ohio State, his dream school, he’s far from a finished product.
By Thursday, when the Convoy native headed back to his home state, he needed to sleep, but essentially all he could fit in was a nap.
Etzler made the trek to Columbus for Saturday’s OHSBCA Showcase, a more than five-hour event at Capital University that featured 100 invited Ohio high schoolers who played in front of coaches from Ohio State, West Virginia, Michigan State, Butler, Cincinnati, Ohio, Xavier and other programs.