

In fact, every player on the AZ Compass Prep roster has committed to a Division 1 team in the next two years. In Arizona, Andrews surrounded himself with some of the most talented high school players in the country: point guard Kylan Boswell, who has committed to the Arizona Wildcats in 2024 forward Mookie Cook, who’s headed to Oregon Ducks in 2024 and shooting guard Chance Westry, who has committed to play for the Auburn Tigers in 2023. “A player (who’s) able to deal with adversity and it shows that a player really wants to follow their dream, and I think that Dylan exudes that.” “Him understanding that he needed to go away to focus on a goal that everybody is really supportive of him, and I think it shows a lot of high character,” said McDonald, who’s also Andrews’ godmother. to play the game he loves was a difficult but necessary step. In his senior year, he took his talents to the AZ Compass Prep Dragons in Chandler. While at Windward, Andrews received Division 1 offers from such powerhouse programs as UCLA, Arizona, Kansas and Oregon.ĭylan Andrews walks to the bench during a timeout for AZ Compass Prep during his senior season in 2022. The 6-foot-3 point guard began playing high school basketball in 2018 at Windward School in Los Angeles, where he grew up, and quickly made a name for himself as a 4- or 5-star recruit for college teams. “He single-handedly beat an Earl Watson team by himself – he scored every bucket in the second half for his team, and that’s when I saw he had that ‘it’ factor that he does not like to lose or want to lose.” “I realized Dylan was special when he was 12 years old,” McDonald said, referring to the time she coached the Compton Magic AAU team. LOS ANGELES – Long before Dylan Andrews became one of the three newest basketball recruits for UCLA last fall, his former coach Breeze McDonald saw something special in him. Dylan Andrews and godmother and former coach Breeze McDonald are excited for this new chapter in the point guard’s life on Sept.
