Former Lawrence High guard Zeke Mayo making unofficial visit to Kansas on Tuesday
Former Lawrence High basketball standout Zeke Mayo, who averaged 18.8 points a game this past season and 18.2 ppg during the 2022-23 campaign at South Dakota State, will take an unofficial recruiting visit to Kansas on Tuesday, Mayo confirmed to The Star on Monday night.
Mayo, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound junior combo guard and reigning Summit League Player of the Year, last week announced plans to enter his name in both the 2024 NBA Draft as well as the NCAA transfer portal.
Since then he’s named KU, Creighton, Oklahoma and Texas as his four finalists.
He confirmed to The Star on Monday night he will make an official visit to Oklahoma on April 13.
Mayo hit 46.6% of his shots this season and 42.6% from the field in 2022-23. He went 92-of-235 from 3 this past season for 39.1%. He dished 123 assists against 40 turnovers while averaging 5.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in his just-completed junior campaign.
Mayo scored 19 points on 5-of-11 shooting (4-of-6 from 3 and 5-of-5 from line) and dished four assists in an 82-65 first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Iowa State last Thursday in Omaha, Nebraska. Earlier, in the finals of the Summit League tournament, he had 16 points and six rebounds in an 86-68 title game victory over Denver.
“There was speculation that the Lawrence, Kansas native would enter the transfer portal last season, but he stayed another year and led the Jackrabbits to the Summit League title and their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance,” wrote Jonathan Fernandez of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Mayo, who graduated from Lawrence High in May of 2021, was co-recipient of the 2021 DiRenna Award, which recognizes the top boys’ basketball player in the Kansas City area. He shared the award with Mark Mitchell of Bishop Miege.
