Another Khufu Najee signing article

Here's a letter-of-intent signing article from the Diablo Valley College student newspaper on newest Spartan Khufu Najee:

Najee gets full ride to SJSU
First-year guard signs letter of intent to play at San Jose
Gerardo Recinos
December 1, 2010

Basketball players are athletes with speed and strength, and Khufu Najee possesses both.

Najee, a 6 foot-3 inch tall guard, now playing for the Vikings, was this season's first DVC basketball player to sign his letter of intent to play college ball at San Jose State University next year on a full-ride athletic scholarship.

Najee, 18, a freshman, played only a handful of games at DVC before signing his letter.

As a star basketball player at Berkeley High School, Najee managed to keep a 3.45 cumulative GPA when he graduated, as well as being a first team all-league selection...

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Diary entry #2 from Khufu Najee

(Khufu Najee is a 6-foot-3 wing and a freshman at Diablo Valley College. he is verbally committed to San Jose State)

It has been a long week, real productive though. Had a slight ankle sprain on Thursday which kept me out of practice for the rest of the day, but we had a three-day weekend so I had time for it to heal before practice this week.

Spent a lot of time in the trainer's office these past three days, got a lot of stim treatment and icing on my ankle which helped, so practicing on Monday will be no problem. That slight injury really got to me, even though I was only out a day, it's just too close to the season to take a day off.

Less than two weeks until our first game. Louis Lowe going to be my roommate during our season opener because we are going to be gone for about five days. I hope you all know who Lowe is, but if you don't believe me you will after this season, that kid can hoop.

On a more personal note, I sign my LOI [letter-of-intent] on Wednesday. That's exciting but that signing is just so that we can seal the deal and I can really go all in this year. But Saturday, the 13th, is the big signing and all my family and friends are going to be there -- you only get one of these.

I feel blessed. I'm living inside the moment and life is all too much fun right now.

Khufu Najee

Here's the initial entry in Khufu Najee's journal

Khufu Najee is a 6-foot-3 freshman at Diablo Valley College who recently gave a verbal commitment to San Jose State. Khufu has agreed to keep a journal this year and have it posted at Spartan Hoops. The following is his first entry:

"Monday night, just finished up some homework, chillen. Went home to Berkeley this weekend to spend time with the family, watched tv, played 2k, had a home cooked meal, all that good stuff.

Practice went alright today, had foot aches from breaking into these new shoes. Didn't touch a ball all weekend so I was kind of off, but it was worth the rest, my body was tired before the weekend.

Signing my letter of intent to SJSU on the 10th, can't wait for all of my friends and family to come to that, they'll be a good time, it's what everyone looks forward to, I just thank God I was blessed with the experience.

It's still just starting too. Season officially starts on the 19th, we open with Foothill, I dont know too much about but them but coach says it should be a game.

Really looking forward to the season, but within these four weeks until it starts, I'm going to stay positive in the classroom, the court and the weight room. Everyday out here it's a battle. There's alot going on every day, and it never stops, but that's life, I was brought up rolling with the punches, so I'm just living life."

SJSU hoops receives another verbal

Spartan basketball has landed a second verbal in recruiting with the word that 6-foot-3 Khufu Najee, ex of Berkeley High and now a freshman at Diablo Valley College, has agreed to join the San Jose State University basketball program after this season.

Steve Coccimiglio, the veteran coach at Diablo Valley, offered his analysis of Khufu: "Khufu has a great mid-range game and he has really live legs but he needs to become a better three-point shooter. He’s an intelligent player with a mature knowledge of the game. Khufu wasn’t strong enough coming out of high school but now he finishes at the rim on his drives. He’ll be a 2 or 3 at the next level. This is a really good sign for San Jose State."

Phil Hander, a local/regional basketball skills trainer offered this on his pupil: "He’s super skilled lefty with a good mid-range game and a knack for scoring. Khufu is very athletic, a good student and great off the floor. I see him as under the radar, someone who fell through the cracks."

Here are Khufu's numbers from his play in three games at the Las Positas College Shootout held in late July:

* 6/11 fg, 7 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 13 pts

* 4/4 fg, 0/1 ft, 4 reb, 2 blk, 3 stl, 2 pf, 10 pts

* 4/9 fg, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 8 pts

The minutes of play weren't tracked and Khufu was positioned mostly as a wing during his court time.