Another Fresno State recruiting target -- with Hawaii interested also

Here's another point guard, a scoring point with some defensive tenacity, alongside indications of Fresno State and Hawaii interest.

FresnoRocks first posted this news at the Save Mart Center Message Board, part of the Fresno State Scout site but there may or may not be more to the story.

Here's the WAC-related part of the article that FresnoRocks linked to:

Mark Rountree, Sports Editor
EnidNews.com (Oklahoma)
March 25, 2009

...NOC (Northern Oklahoma College) Enid guard Jeremy Lay has four Division I offers to consider. Lay, the school’s all-time leading scorer, has offers from Missouri State, Hawaii, Fresno State and Southern Alabama.

Lay is expected to make his decision in early April...

Now back in October 2008, Jeremy Lay gave a verbal commitment to attend Southeast Missouri State. Here's an article about that:

Point guard verbally commits to Redhawks,
Marty Mishow
Southeast Missourian
October 1, 2008

The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team has received a verbal commitment for the 2009-10 season from a junior college point guard.

Jeremy Lay, a 6-foot sophomore at Northern Oklahoma College, said Tuesday he plans to sign with Southeast during the early signing period in November.

Lay averaged 13 points and 6.4 assists per game as a freshman for an NOC squad that went 19-14 and was the Region 2 runner-up in Oklahoma last season. He led the region in assists.

NOC coach Greg Shamburg said Lay is a pure point guard who is extremely quick and a strong defender.

"He can score, but he's definitely a point guard," Shamburg said. "He's very, very competitive and a really good ball defender...

Go here for the remainder.

But Coach Scott Edgar was subsequently canned by Southeast Missouri State last December under the cloud of some major NCAA violations.

So it seems that Lay held on signing any letter-of-intent. Of course, it's impossible to gauge the level of Fresno State and Hawaii interest but the kid looks to have a skills set that would help both teams. In fact, Hawaii would be landing the possibility of a true point and an outside shooter -- two needs rolled into one player -- if that is the way it plays out. Fresno State doesn't necessarily need a points producer at the 1 -- Lay's defensive prowess and quarterbacking ability would suffice.