PAUL VI. GUARD - FRANK HOWARD SELECTS SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY - ALL-MET ELITE

PAUL VI.

GUARD 

 FRANK HOWARD

 SELECTS

 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 

 ALL-MET ELITE

PAUL VI. HS.
FAIRFAX VA.

 

Frank Howard, the 6-foot-6 combination guard from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Va., has selected Syracuse as his college basketball destination.

Howard, a high school junior, made a verbal commitment to the Orange during a television appearance on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Monday night. He picked SU from a final list that included Maryland, Georgetown, Virginia, N.C. State and Ohio State.
 

He cited Jim Boeheim and Syracuse's ability to develop guards among his reasons for picking the Orange.
 

"Basically, just the family environment," Howard said. "I wanted to [see] a little campus life around the basketball program, a very strong fan base and basically somewhere I'd want to be for four years."
 

"I got a chance to see practice and tour the school. I felt comfortable right then. I loved it," Howard said. "I took a while to officially (make the decision) because I wanted to take other visits.''
 

Howard was recruited primarily by SU assistant Adrian Autry, who was once an assistant at Paul VI. Autry also coached on the AAU level for Team Takeover, a program that produced Jerami Grant, Michael Gbinije and now Frank Howard.
 

"Coach Red says I play a lot like him," Howard said. "We have a great relationship. We can talk about anything. It's a very comfortable situation for me.''