Syracuse basketball has added another 2028 name to its recruiting board, with the Orange showing interest in Flint, Mich. combo guard Ka'Shawn Gill.
A recent post from Recruits Zone said the 6-foot-6 Gill has heard from Syracuse, Iowa State, Michigan State, Creighton, Bowling Green, Rutgers and Penn State since the contact period opened on June 15. That window allows college coaches to begin direct communication with rising high school juniors, and Syracuse’s staff under first-year head coach Gerry McNamara is already in the mix.
Gill’s scholarship list is already taking shape, too. According to his Instagram page, his early offers include Creighton, West Virginia, Nevada, Arizona State, the University of Detroit, Central Michigan, UC Santa Barbara and Eastern Michigan.
Gill built his reputation at the International Academy of Flint, then spent the 2025-26 season with Phoenix-based PHH Prep, which competes as the Diamond Doves in Overtime Elite’s Atlanta-based league. He shared the floor there with 2026 guard Ethan Butler from New York City, who committed to Syracuse earlier this month for the 2026-27 season.
The numbers from Gill’s OTE season were modest but noteworthy: 12 games, 14.1 minutes per contest, 4.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. He’s now playing AAU ball this summer for Milwaukee-based Power 5 in the Adidas 3SSB league.
National recruiting analyst Eric Bossi of 247Sports said in the spring that Gill stood out to him on the Adidas circuit. Bossi wrote that "Gill is a creative offensive player who can really put the ball on the floor, get to his spots and generate offense whenever he wants. He can be a bit inefficient at times and will benefit from better shot selection, but it's pretty obvious he has the talent to challenge for the national rankings."
247Sports’ industry-generated Composite has Gill at No. 95 nationally in the 2028 class, No. 17 among combo guards and No. 1 in Michigan. Whether Syracuse turns that interest into a scholarship offer remains to be seen.
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