First things first, you were right and I was wrong about this one. You nailed it.
But to your point, they have scholarships at prep schools these days. Places like Hargrave, Oak Hill, etc all scholarship kids to cover room and board.
So where will the following kids play?
Adam Kunkel
Trevon Faulkner
Tre King
JJ Reed
Zan Payne
EJ Williams
All I've heard are Price to HD, Wales to Magic and Kelch to Twenty Two Vision.
What say you @coachlee ?
Off topic, but what has happened to Dylan James? He was one of the top 2017 kids in Kentucky at one point and I haven't heard anything about him all year.
Quick way to tell what is legit: If the head coach of a college or university calls and offers you a scholarship, it is legit. Anything else is interest.
About this time last year a kid I had coached got a generic flyer from Wichita State and ask if it was an official offer. Obviously it wasn't but it opened my eyes to how naive some kids are these days.
Having said that, I agree with the above assessment that the kid isn't that level of player. Upon multiple viewings I think he is a D3 level kid and that he won't get a better offer than UPike. And that's no disrespect to UPike. They're a top NAIA program with one of the best coaches in America.