The guy on the right, Davis Fogle, a skinny 8th grader in 2021, is now a 6-7 powerhouse who just committed to Gonzaga. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Gonzaga’s next big basketball star once went toe-to-toe with Coupeville.
Davis Fogle, who announced his commitment to the Zags Thursday, is now a rising senior at Arizona Compass Prep — one who happens to be six-foot-seven and capable of throwing down dunks from multiple angles while elevating over opponents.
In his final high school test in Washington state, he torched the nets for a game-high 39 points in March while playing in the Futures Game at the All-State weekend.
Before the recent move to Arizona, Fogle played his sophomore and junior seasons at Anacortes High School.
But during the pandemic days, the future star got his prep hoops start at Mount Vernon Christian.
As a much-skinnier 8th grader, he was a key part of one of the best games to go down in the CHS gym’s history.
Played in June — because of the pandemic throwing everything off — the game featured Fogle scoring 21 points and coming within an inch of throwing in a game-winning bucket at the buzzer.
To the delight of Wolf fans, however, the ball refused to drop, and Coupeville held on for a wild 66-65 victory and a season sweep of the Hurricanes.
CHS rallied from six points down in the final seconds, with sophomore Alex Murdy draining the tying and eventual winning free throws with just 11 ticks to play.
Fogle was injured for much of his freshman campaign, preventing a rematch with the Wolves, then departed for Anacortes.
As he has grown in height and lit up the select basketball circuit in addition to his play for the Seahawks, he’s risen up the ranking charts.
Jumping nearly 40 slots in a short period of time, Fogle is ranked as the #38 player nationally in the Class of 2025. In Washington state, he was at #1 on most charts.
After cutting his list to national powers Gonzaga, Creighton, and Kansas, his decision to sign with Mark Few’s program breaks a recent trend for the Bulldogs.
Gonzaga, which has advanced to the Sweet 16 nine consecutive years, added four transfers and Senegal native Ismaila Diagne in its 2024 class, not signing any high school players.
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