Local 2023 guard Dusty Stromer earns offer from UCLA men's basketball

The Bruins' staff sent the Notre Dame (CA) rising junior an offer on Monday
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A young local guard has seemingly caught the Bruins' attention.

UCLA men's basketball offered class of 2023 guard Dusty Stromer a scholarship, Stromer announced on his Instagram story on Monday. The rising junior at Notre Dame (CA) in Sherman Oaks has had a strong summer by most accounts, and Bruin Report Online reported the Bruins' coaching staff has been keeping a close eye on him for a lot of the offseason.

Stromer averaged 13.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a freshman before COVID-19 shut down the rest of his team's season. He is sitting on offers from California, USC, Louisville, TCU, UNLV, Texas A&M and several other schools at both the Power Five and Group of Five levels.

Now measuring in at 6-foot-6 and 180 pounds, Stromer has grown an inch and put on nearly 15 pounds since his freshman season.

Stromer is not currently ranked by 247Sports, ESPN or Rivals, but that is expected to change in the coming months before next high school season gets underway. He is seen as a speedy guard with good burst, in addition to a good shooting stroke and solid defensive instincts.

The Bruins have now offered 10 scholarships to class of 2023 prospects, two going out to guards in the past week. West Linn (OR) point guard Jackson Shelstad, earned himself a UCLA offer on Thursday.

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Sam Connon
SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.