(2025) - SF Nate Ament

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

4-star Nate Ament attends Colgan HS in Manasas, VA  Highland School in Warrenton, VA and played AAU for Team Loaded (NC).  Transferred to Highland for this upcoming season.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-basketball-recruiting-class-of-2025-names-to-know-top-25-wing-nate-ament/

https://247sports.com/Article/2025-SF-Nate-Ament-breaks-out-as-a-national-prospect-210260833/

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Edited September 18, 2023 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Updated his high school info

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Mike Woodson and his staff have been tracking Ament for the better part of a year, although the Hoosiers just now offered Ament. Even in June, Ament said he stayed in touch with Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Virginia Tech.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-hoosiers-basketball-2025-four-star-nate-ament-offer-216371828/

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29 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Mike Woodson and his staff have been tracking Ament for the better part of a year, although the Hoosiers just now offered Ament. Even in June, Ament said he stayed in touch with Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and Virginia Tech.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-hoosiers-basketball-2025-four-star-nate-ament-offer-216371828/

Looks to have some Brandon Ingram to his game. Pretty stroke. Would love to see measurements here. That’s a long kid. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Last night Highland lost to Moravian Prep 82-66.  At the end of the 1st Q, Highland led 28-26 as the teams combined to hit 11 3-pointers.  But Moravian controlled the game the rest of the way.  I had Ament with 21p ( 7-14 FG; 4-9 on 3s; 1-3 on FT); 8r; 21; 2b; 4t. 3 of his 4 TOs were dribbling related.  Just one game but he didn't stand out.  If I had randomly tuned into this game I never would have expected to later learn he held  an IU offer.  

Game is available on YouTube.  

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Watch Ament (#10) tonight at 6:30   Highland vs STAB with '25 Chance Mallory (#1) who holds an IU offer.   Rare opportunity to watch Ament as I've not found many of his game available on the internet.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Highland lost 67-53 to STAB.  I had Ament with 18p; 4r; 0a; 0s; 0b; 2t.    7-10 FG; 0-2 on 3s; 4-6 FT.

He played the 1st half like he was in a coma and wasn't much of a factor on the court.  He'd catch the ball; demonstrate some fancy stationary dribbling but then he'd pass it off.   2nd half he played like the #13 ranked player scoring 11p and grabbing 3r only missing a single FG attempt in that half.  He had 3 consecutive turnaround stepback jump shots that were very smooth.  Not sure he likes to mix it up underneath as I don't think he made a single drive to the basket.  

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/va/charlottesville/organization/682/st-annes-belfield--high-school

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

72-69 loss in the John Wall Classic.   20p and 11r

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No mention of IU so probably safe to say we've moved on.

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/top15-junior-nate-ament-talks-unofficials-visits-and-new-schools-involved-duke-virginia-virginia-tech-michigan-2025-basketball-recruiting-224513501/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Finding any kind of game-by-game info on Ament has been an impossibility and no evidence we've ever done anything more than throw him an offer but I did see this today.   

[HoosierHoopster 6,480]

^^ Maybe it was the offer from the "University of Indiana"?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

This has been a closely guarded recruitment unless I slept through it.  I gave up trying to track his high school season because there was so little to be found and never saw any reports that we were maintaining contact.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

MaxPreps Junior All-American Honorable Mention.

Darius Adams, La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.)

6-5 | Guard | Uncommitted

Top 20 prospect averaged 15.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game to help the Lakers (23-5) to the No. 9 spot in the final National Top 10.

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https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/rumor-mill-five-star-standouts-preview-visits
 

Planning an IU visit, per Cassidy.

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https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/article/3ssb-hoover-saturdays-standouts-including-nate-ament-eli-ellis-trent-sisley-and-more-aiden-argabright-martay-barnes-231413985/
 

Branham with a VERY complimentary writeup of Ament. Sounds like something the kid’s Dad would write.

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https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/class-of-2024-5-star-forward-nate-ament-going-to-visit-indiana-soon/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

Rivals doing a countdown of it's 5-star rated players.

At No. 10 is SF Nate Ament ( @NateAment15 )  “The 6-foot-9 Ament is an upside bet that has spent the spring turning potential into production and is beginning to look like a future pro. There are few prospects in the class that can match the well-rounded skill set of ament, who can handle it and fill it up from deep. He still needs to add significant muscle before he reaches his true two-way potential but his length and skill make his upside absolutely tantalizing. Virginia, Virginia Tech, Indiana and Duke are among the programs to watch in Ament’s recruitment.”

 

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He's the epitome of ranked on potential. He's a status recruitment to show us involved with top 10 players. Imo I see Bobi Klintmam when I've seen him. He could pass for a French wing. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,519]

DMV event on the east coast and coach Hunter there to watch Ament.  Last night he had a 41pt, 27 reb, 6 blk game.    Woody, Walsh & Hulls at the Charlie Hughes Shootout in Indy today watching Braylon Mullins among others.

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53 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

DMV event on the east coast and coach Hunter there to watch Ament.  Last night he had a 41pt, 27 reb, 6 blk game.    Woody, Walsh & Hulls at the Charlie Hughes Shootout in Indy today watching Braylon Mullins among others.

2 things: 1) Ament laid that stat line on DeMatha. How the mighty have fallen. 2) The Hughes shootout games are apparently played in 10 minute running quarters. So the kid dropped 41/27 with a 40 min running clock. That is nuts.