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2024 SG Isaiah Elohim details UCLA interest in exclusive SI All-American blog post

The rising high school sophomore is transferring to Sierra Canyon to play with Bronny James and 2022 UCLA commit Amari Bailey

Sam Connon

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There's officially a new target on the Bruins' board, even if he's still several years away from college ball.

2024 shooting guard Isaiah Elohim wrote his first personal blog post for SI All-American on Wednesday, running through his thoughts on everything from his recruitment to international and high school hoops. Elohim has offers from Arizona State, Washington and Oregon, but while UCLA men's basketball has yet to officially extend one, Elohim said he'll be visiting Westwood within the month.

My recruitment has gone great!

My latest offer was from Washington, but Texas, Auburn, Michigan State, UCLA, Kentucky and a bunch of other schools are all in touch with my coach. I’m too young to talk to the coaches directly right now, but I’m still having fun with it.

My social media following has grown a lot, so that’s fun, but I’m prouder that more people are respecting my game more and more.

That means more to me.

I feel like I have a bigger bull’s-eye now, but it doesn’t matter to me at all. I don’t even really pay attention to that because I play with a chip on my shoulder. I’m always looking to go at people, that’s just how I’m wired at all times.

I’m planning to take an unofficial visit UCLA next month, so that should be fun too.

Other key points in Elohim's blog post surrounded his recent transfer to Sierra Canyon (CA) and his upcoming experience trying out for Team USA U16, which competes in Mexico next week.

In joining Sierra Canyon, Elohim will now be in the same backcourt as combo guard Amari Bailey, the No. 1 player in the class of 2022 who will be joining the Bruins next season. Also at Sierra Canyon are recent USC commit Kijani Wright and class of 2023 combo guard Bronny James, the son of LeBron James.

Late in his freshman year at Heritage Christian (CA), Elohim actually matched up with Sierra Canyon. Bailey led his team to the 88-76 win with a team-high 28 points, while Elohim led his squad with 17 points.

Elohim is rated as a five-star recruit by ESPN and is a consensus top-five player in the class of 2024. He made waves at the Nike Peach Jam in July, leading the 15U division with 28.5 points per game.

UCLA does not currently have any commitments for its 2023 class, let alone 2024.

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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.