Boogie Ellis "welcomes" Jason Crowe Jr. as Oakland Soldiers add rising star to their roster

Jason Crowe Jr., the No. 9 prospect in the Class of 2026, was welcomed by the two-time Nike EYBL Peach Jam Champions Oakland Soldiers officially on their Instagram page on Dec. 26. The Inglewood High School player will join Notre Dame small forward and No. 2 recruit in the 2026 Class Tyran Stokes.

Sacramento Kings' guard Boogie Ellis also took to the comments section of the Instagram post by Oakland Soldiers to welcome Crowe Jr. to the team:

Boogie Ellis "welcomes" Jason Crowe Jr. as Oakland Soldiers welcome him as a new star on the roster (Image: IG/officialoaklandsoldiers)

"Welcome to the family 🫡," commented Ellis.

Stokes also took to his Instagram story to welcome Jason Crowe Jr. with a four-word reaction:

Tyran Stokes welcomes Jason Crowe Jr. with a four-word reaction (Image: IG/_thetyranstokes)

"Let's do work twin 🫡🫡," Stokes captioned his IG story.

Crowe Jr. reshared Stokes' story:

Jason Crowe Jr. reshares Tyran Stokes' IG story welcoming him to the Oakland Soldiers (Image: IG/jasoncrowejr)

Soldiers owner Mark Olivier and head coach Marshall Collins also went to see Crowe play at The Classic at Damien tournament. There, Inglewood was up against the son of the three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, Alijah Arenas' Chatsworth.

Oakland Soldiers head coach and owner at Inglewood vs Chatsworth game (Image: IG/officialoaklandsoldiers)

"Our Owner Mark Olivier and head coach Marshall Collins went and saw @jasoncrowejr play today 🫡🫡," the story was captioned.

Both Olivier and Collins left the arena happy after Crowe set a scoring record with 55 points while shooting 87.5% from the charity strike, leading Inglewood to an 88-84 win. Arenas had 34 points in the match.

In two seasons for Inglewood, Crowe Jr. has played 65 games, averaging 36.6 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.7 rpg, 3.7 spg and 0.4 bpg. Last season, the combo guard scored 37.4 points, grabbed 4.5 boards, dished out 5.8 assists, stole the ball 3.9 times and had 0.2 blocks per contest in 29 matches.

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Which college has the highest chance of Jason Crowe Jr.?

According to On3, the 2026 Class prospect has 15 offers from programs including Kentucky, Alabama, Arizona State, Cal State Northridge, Washington, Florida State, New Mexico State, UCLA and more.

The publisher's recruitment prediction machine states tough competition between five colleges. UCLA leads the race with a 9.9% prediction, followed by USC with an 8.6% chance, Long Beach State with a 7.4% probability and Georgia Tech and New Mexico State with a 6.2% chance to land Crowe Jr.

Which program will we see Crowe Jr. play for next season?