Tucson’s top three athletes of the summer:
1. Majok Deng, boys basketball. The Salpointe Catholic sophomore forward played 61 AAU games in the offseason and has been offered scholarships by ASU, Portland, TCU and New Mexico. He is taking an unofficial visit to New Mexico this weekend. Deng, an explosive 6-5 forward, didn’t start playing basketball until his family left Kenya in 2011. He averaged 9.5 points per game for the Lancers as a freshman.
2. Jacob Allen, baseball. The Ironwood Ridge senior was invited to USA Baseball’s 17-U national team tryout camp in North Carolina. He is playing on the Baseball Next Level travel team and for Bryan Huie’s Yankee Scout team after hitting .467 for at I-Ridge as a junior.
3. J.J. Matijevic, baseball. The UA junior hit .376 and would have won the batting crown if he had enough at-bats in the Cape Cod League after arriving from the College World Series. Last week, Matijevic was selected to the all-league team.
