Utah Prep 4-star guard JJ Mandaquit has made his college decision

SALT LAKE CITY – One of the top basketball prospects from Utah’s 2025 class is off the table.

Utah Prep point guard JJ Mandaquit announced his college commitment on Tuesday afternoon as the 6-foot-2 Hurricane Academy guard announced he had verbally committed to Washington.

Mandaquit, an elite ground general from Hawaii, preferred the Huskies over offers from BYU, Cal, Creighton, Hawaii, Louisville, Tennessee, USC and Virginia.

A gold medalist on USA Basketball’s U17 World Cup squad, Mandaquit is the third-best prospect in the state of Utah by 247Sports and the No. 50 prospect overall by On3 Sports. He trails only his Utah Prep teammate AJ Dybantsa — the nation’s widely recognized No. 1 overall recruit — and Wasatch Academy star Isiah Harwell, who recently committed to Houston.

The consensus four-star recruit by On3, 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals burst onto the scene as a sophomore when he moved to Utah and enrolled at the former Real Salt Lake Academy, where he averaged 15.5 in 22 games Points, 4.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds in 2022-23.

After RSL Basketball left what is now Salt Lake Academy’s umbrella organization to become Utah Prep, the junior signed up with Utah Prep for the Grind Session, an elite basketball circuit that plays across the country.

Now he’s heading to the Pacific Northwest to play for former Utah State coach Danny Sprinkle and the Huskies.

“Coach Sprinkle has been successful wherever he has coached and I believe in his plan for the future of the program,” Mandaquit told On3. “I also believe in his vision for me within the program and his plan to develop me individually. I feel like Coach Sprinkle and the staff can help me achieve my goals as a player while in college and one day play professionally in the future.”