Freelon’s talent is eye-catching
It’s the rhetorical question for the next club and schoolgirl seasons: Does any other Coloradan in the Class of 2022 possess more raw athletic talent than Kilah Freelon Kilah Freelon 6'0" | PF Mullen | 2022 State CO ? Heading…
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Continue ReadingIt’s the rhetorical question for the next club and schoolgirl seasons: Does any other Coloradan in the Class of 2022 possess more raw athletic talent than Kilah Freelon Kilah Freelon 6'0" | PF Mullen | 2022 State CO ?
Heading into spring, Freelon, a junior at Mullen, bears watching.
And why?
“She’s spectacular,” Mullen High School head coach Frank Cawley said. “It’s like I haven’t seen anything like her … ever.”
From a numbers standpoint, Freelon’s play, mainly coming off the bench, equated to a solid 7.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 blocks.
As for the eye test, it’s her seemingly off-the-charts athleticism that is to be seen and enjoyed. A lithe 6-foot-plus and growing, Freelon runs very well and probably jumps even better. Her long stride – she competes in hurdles and jumps in track and field — allows the forward-center to cross the lane in a flash, protect the rim, rebound and get to the basket.
Also a competitor for the Colorado Hoopsters, based in central Denver, Freelon, according to coach Gabe Trujillo, “has been one of the hardest workers I’ve coached, she’s constantly working … a nonstop kid.”
Emerging ability and commitment are meeting.
“She has picked up her game from both the physical and intellectual side,” Cawley said. “She now understands the game a lot better than she did before, she bought into it and just goes out and executes what she needs to do.”
Trujillo has watched and respected Freelon’s physical gifts, but agrees the change “has been her fine skills … passing, dribbling, shooting, when not to take the shot, when to go to the basket. She’s really learning the strategy side of when to attack and use those skills. She has developed that.”
Denver’s Metro State, New Mexico State, Kansas City-Missouri, Idaho State and Montana State, Trujillo said, have been serious in displaying interest in Freelon.
Cawley likes the fact “that she has really bonded with (Mullen’s) team,” another vital aspect to her development.
Trujillo calls Freelon “a freak athlete” and insists her best is yet to come because “she won’t scratch her upside until her sophomore or junior year in college.”