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defensive back at UTEP in the early 2000s. He understands the rigors that student-athletes endure at the next level, and he believes that both Mukuba and McCutchin will continue to thrive once they get on a college campus.

“It’s about doing the right thing, in every-thing you do,” he said. “Go to class, be on time everywhere you go, be coachable, be a good person. It’s really all about the leadership skills that we’re trying to help instill.

“ T h e t h i n g a b o u t coaching these kids is that you try and develop the right mindset with them. They are shining stars on the field, and we try and teach them to be that way off the field, too. We tell them, ‘People are going to follow you.’ I mean, they’re leaders whether they want to be or not, and they need to lead by example. These guys understand that. They get it. They can take what they have learned here and apply it to college.”

Texas Football maga-zine has served as the state’s most compre-hensive preseason guide for high school football since first publishing in 1959. This year’s edition has a few more highlights involving Austin-area schools.

Mukuba and McCutchin aren’t the only notable

next-level athletes in the Austin area, according to the magazine’s recruit-ing section. Its Texas Top 300 includes Lake Travis quarterback Nate Yarnell, Austin High quarter-back Charles Wright, Westwood quarterback RJ Martinez, Round Rock quarterback Seth Ford, Lake Travis running back Weston Stephens, Del Valle running back Tavierre Dunlap, Lake Travis tight end Lake McRee, La Grange athlete Matthew Johnson, Georgetown offensive lineman Connor Heffernan, Westlake offensive lineman Aidan Kinnaird, Lampasas offen-sive lineman John Long, Del Valle offensive line-man De’Kedric Stearns, Cedar Park offensive lineman Luke Williams, Manor defensive back Devin Lemear and Hutto defensive lineman Landyn Watson.

The class of 2022’s top 100 includes Weiss ath-lete Tavian Cord, Lake Travis defensive back Derrick Johnson, Del Valle linebacker Kalen Brown, Westlake quar-terback Cade Klubnik and Del Valle receiver Caleb Burton. The top 25 for the class of 2023 includes Westlake receiver Jaden Greathouse.

The magazine’s Class 6A top-50 poll, which is topped by defend-ing Division I champion Galena Park North Shore, includes three area teams in No. 4 Westlake, No. 9 Lake Travis and No. 37 Vandegrift. Hutto’s Watson is a preseason all-state selection, and

Westlake and Lake Travis are each picked to win their region.

The magazine’s two Class 5A top-25 polls, which are topped by Denton Ryan in Division I and Ennis in Division II, include No. 8 Cedar Park and No. 21 Dripping Springs in Division I and No. 14 Liberty Hill in Division II. Cedar Park’s Williams is a preseason all-state selection.

The magazine’s two Class 4A top-25 polls, which are topped by Waco La Vega in Division I a n d C a r t h a g e i n Division II, include No. 3 Lampasas and No. 13 LBJ in Division I as well as No. 4 Wimberley in Division II. The maga-zine predicts Lampasas to reach a state title game and Wimberley to win its region. Lampasas quar-terback Ace Whitehead, the AP’s defending Class 4A offensive player of the year and the subject of Texas Football’s Class 4A coverboy feature story, joins Wimberley receiver C h r i s t i a n M a r s h a l l , Wimberley offensive lineman Ryan Rubio and Lampasas’ Long on the preseason all-state team.

The magazine’s two Class 3A top-25 polls, which are topped by Brock in Division I and Gunter in Division II, include No. 25 Lago Vista in Division I.

The magazine’s two Class 2A top-25 polls, which are topped by Shiner in Division I and Mart in Division II, include No. 16 Thorndale in Division I and No. 20 Granger in Division II.

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to go out there,” Adams said. “I’m just blessed to know that no one has ever talked bad about him or said anything about him. That’s rare to see as a coach. You always get one player that says some-thing bad about a coach.“

A d a m s , a f o u r -star power forward, is the state’s sixth-best prospect for the 2021 recruiting cycle, according to 247Sports’ composite ratings. The 6-foot-7 big man was a unanimous selection to the Statesman’s All-Central Texas team this past winter. As a junior, he averaged 22.6 points and 6.7 rebounds.

What should Kansas fans expect out of him? Westlake coach Robert Lucero had a l ist of intangibles.

Athleticism? Check.Defensive versatility?

Check.High basketball IQ?

Check.“Everybody wants to

win, but to truly sacri-fice for wins and then be happy at the end of the night regardless of how

many points you put up, that’s kind of rare,” Lucero said. “I think that attitude will fit in well when he gets to college.”

With his commitment, Adams added another accomplishment to his family’s archive of ath-letic achievements. His father, Kevin, played football at New Mexico. His sister, Brittany, was an all-conference vol-leyball player at SMU. And Adams’ mother, the former Yvonne Hill, twice led Texas A&M women’s basketball team in scoring.

Like his mother and sister, Adams could have

chosen an in-state school. Texas, Texas Tech and Baylor were among his suitors. Adams, though, has decided to forge his path outside of the state.

“It wasn’t really about location for me,” he said. “It was just about what I can do to be a better bas-ketball player. Location is one thing and basketball is another thing.

“It doesn’t matter about my (comfort level) with the state or who’s there. I think whatever was the best place for basketball for me, wher-ever it is, I was going to go there.”

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Westlake forward KJ Adams averaged 22.6 points and 6.7 rebounds a game last season as a junior. He was a unanimous All-Central Texas selection. [JOHN

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STATESMAN]

By Rick Canturcantu@statesman.com

Leo Lowin of Westlake, Harry Witt of Vandegrift and Cedar Creek’s Cade Edwards were among a group of Central Texas high school football g r a d u a t e s w h o w e r e awarded scholarships by the National Football F o u n d a t i o n G r e a t e r Austin Chapter.

Lowin, a defensive back who helped the Chaparrals claim the Class 6A DII state champion-ship in December, earned $1,200 as recipient of the Noble Doss Outstanding Achievement Scholarship.

Witt, an o f f en s i ve l ineman who earned

All-Central Texas sec-ond-team honors after helping the Vipers finish 11-1, earned $1,200 after being awarded the Rooster Andrews Outstanding Achievement Scholarship.

E d w a r d s , C e d a r Creek’s all-time leader in tackles, earned $1,200 as winner of the Frank D e n i u s O u t s t a n d i n g Achievement Scholarship. Last month the national chapter of the NFF named him to the Team of Distinction.

The NFF honors football seniors with scholarships for athletic achievement, excellence in the class-room and community service, said Pat Kelly, a former University of

Texas football player (1971-73) who heads the local chapter. From a pool representing 48 area public and private schools, the group awarded a total of 16 scholarships valued at $16,600.

“This was an outstand-ing group of 48 young men representing the best of high school scholar ath-letes in our Austin area,” Kelly said. “It's expected that all of them will do well and make an impact on our community in the future.”

The Austin chapter also honored the follow-ing athletes with $1,000 s c h o l a r s h i p s : S t o n y Point’s Kendall Thomas, G e o r g e t o w n ’ s A l e x Thiel, LBJ’s Sean Fresch,

Rouse’s Matthew Schulz, W i m b e r l e y ’ s H e a t h Schake and Cedar Ridge’s Gavin Dunn.

R o u n d i n g o u t t h e list of $1,000 schol-arship recipients are Westwood’s Oliver Yu, Connally’s Caleb Green, Grayson Sandlin of Lake Travis, Jack Hagy of St. Michael’s, Kodi Lee from the Texas School for the Deaf and David Rivera of Northeast High School.

R i v e r a w a s n a m e d winner of the Andrew Jackson honorary schol-arship. Jackson was the long-time LBJ football coach who died in 2017.

NFF awards scholarships to local players

Westlake defensive back Leo Lowin, surrounded by his family after signing with Army in February, was awarded a $1,200 scholarship by the local chapter of the National Football Foundation. [PAUL BRICK FOR STATESMAN]