#SigningStories: Maryn Archer
Maryn Archer | G | 5-7 | Derby, Kan. | Derby
#SigningStories, as told by Arkansas women’s basketball head coach Mike Neighbors
With the explosion of social media technology, you can’t scroll very far without coming across a hype video. As a basketball coach, our feeds are full of professional quality, highly choreographed highlight reels included with the latest music of players putting on a show to display their basketball skills.
This is where Maryn Archer became distinctive…
Her video was in the driveway, not a gym.
Her video was of her working against her brother.
Her video didn’t have music.
Her workouts with Craig Nicholson (AAU Coach) were different.
It was different because she is different.
She works different. She thinks different. She communicates different. After seeing the video, we were able to make contact with her and her family, and again, it was immediately obvious we were speaking to our kind of kid.
A few phone calls, a couple of workout camps and an unofficial visit late, Maryn first committed on June 9, 2020.
The next indication was that she committed to work. Most don’t. Most relax. But she went the other direction. This last summer, her travel coach Austin Johnson (former standout on the Oklahoma men’s basketball team) helped her take her game to another level. At the Run 4 Roses Classic on ESPN, Maryn dropped 31 points (on just 11 shots) to lead SW Elite to the championship game.
Maryn continues being distinctive in that she will forgo her senior basketball season and enroll here at Christmas following her early graduation from Derby High School.
We can’t wait for Razorback fans to see what is next!
Once we chose her, she chose us!
THE ACCOLADES:
- Voted to the Run 4 Roses All-Tournament First Team and was a Bluestar 30
- Prep Girls has her listed as the 29th-ranked player in the nation
- Blue Star now shows her as the 75th-ranked player nationally
- Played on two teams in high school, making it to state her freshman and junior seasons
- Led Derby High School in assists and steals during her junior season, logging 10.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 2.8 steals per game
- Took Derby to the 6A Semifinals before the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled their season
- Was a force during her freshman year, averaging 13.2 points and 3.8 boards her game
- Named the DerbyInformer.com Female Comeback Player of the Year in March 2022
MORE INFORMATION
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