7'0" Class Of 2012 Star Peter Jurkin Of Indiana Elite Gives A Verbal Commitment To Play For Tom Crean, And Indiana University

Hoops Indiana
August 11, 2010

Head coach Tom Crean, and Indiana University have landed 7'0" center Peter Jurkin of Indiana Elite. Jurkin ranks as one of the top Class of 2012 basketball prospects on the circuit.

Jurkin, who hails from the Sudan, is a long and highly mobile post who makes his greatest impact defensively with his rebounding and shot-blocking skills. Jurkin competed on the travel team circut on an Indiana Elite team that also featured Indiana targets D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera (North Central) and Hanner Parea.

Jurkin is the first commitment in Indiana's 2012 recruiting class.