As a high school player at Glens Falls, Joe Girard III was a prolific shooter who set records and lit up scoreboards. His accomplishments were news in New York state, at the very least, and obviously caught the eye of Syracuse Orange men’s basketball fans looking for a spark at guard in 2019.
Girard committed to Syracuse over the likes of Boston College, Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State — an impressive list for certain. But he was also a three-star prospect just outside the top 200 according to the 247 composite rankings.