Former Moeller High School standout Jeremiah Davenport, a guard/forward now at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia, visited the University of Cincinnati on Saturday and committed to be a Bearcat for new head basketball coach John Brannen.

"I'm very excited for him," Moeller basketball coach Carl Kremer said. "He's always loved UC. To come back home and play is very cool."

Davenport also visited Duquesne and Virginia Tech, per 247sports.com, and the Hokies offered him a scholarship last month.

Virginia Tech also offered Samari Curtis, a former Cincinnati Bearcats (and, earlier, Xavier Musketeers) commit from Xenia High School who announced last week that he reopened his recruitment. Antwon Jackson, the former UC assistant who recruited Curtis, accepted a position last month on new Hokies head coach Mike Young's staff in Blacksburg.

In April of 2018, Davenport accepted the big-school boys basketball Player of the Year award during the 2018 Cincinnati.com Sports Awards presented by TriHealth at Music Hall in Cincinnati.

Davenport led Moeller to the 2018 Ohio Division I state championship and was Greater Catholic League-South Player of the Year with La Salle's Riley Haubner. The wingman topped the Crusaders in scoring at 15.7 points per game and averaged 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting over 59% from the field. On that championship squad with Davenport was Jaxson Hayes, who just departed Texas for the NBA Draft and Miles McBride, who will be playing at West Virginia next season.

Davenport had 22 points and 8 rebounds in the title game against Solon (83-65 Moeller) and was a workhorse in the postseason stepping up when Crusaders big man Jaxson Hayes would get into foul trouble.

"In my opinion and even as great as Jaxson is now, in that senior year Jeremiah was the best player in Southwest Ohio if not the state," Kremer said. "He had a brilliant senior year for us. He's worked really hard. He's had a dream to be a high-level Division I player and he's going to get that chance."

Moeller was 55-4 with Davenport playing on Carl Kremer's varsity as a junior and senior.

"They (UC) were looking at Jeremiah closer this week, brought him in for an official and made the offer today," Kremer said. "I don't think Jeremiah's wasted any time. This is a dream school for Jeremiah so I'm excited for him."

Davenport was a 6-5 guard/forward at Moeller but was listed at 6-7 by Hargrave, so whether he's grown remains to be seen until he's officially measured at UC.

He originally signed with Wright State out of Moeller, then reopened his recruiting and went to Hargrave to work on his academics. That roster also featured Giovanni Santiago of Hughes and Damani McEntire of Deer Park.

Davenport's oldest brother, Michael, played at St. Bonaventure from 2008 to 2012. Another brother, Joshua, played at Winthrop from 2013 to 2017.

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