Freshman Hoops class announced

This morning Penn Athletics announced the incoming Freshman class for men's basketball — which includes eight players — bringing the roster total to 22 players (note: Ivy travel limit is 15 for men's basketball).

The class has three Californians, two Pennsylvanians, and one each from Jersey, Iowa and Illinois.

While we knew of seven of the eight recruits during the spring (several of whom strongly backed Jerome Allen during the coaching search), Chris Hatfield is a bit of a surprise.

Here are the vitals and bios from Penn Athletics:

MILES CARTWRIGHT 6-3 / 170 Van Nuys, Calif. Loyola High School: Lettered and captained his Loyola team for three years ... High school coach was Jamal Adams ... Led Loyola to Mission League titles in 2008 (20-8 record) and 2009 (26-7) ... 2009 Mission League MVP ... First-team All-Mission League in 2008 and 2010 ... First-team All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) in 2009 and 2010 ... Two-time ESPN All-California ... IRN Sports All-California in 2010 ... 2010 High School Academic All-American Classic participant ... 2009-10 Loyola Athlete of the Year ... Loyola Monogram Club member. Personal: Son of Belinda and Ramon Cartwright ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.
FRAN DOUGHERTY 6-8 / 230 New Britain, Pa. Archbishop Wood High School: Lettered three times in basketball and twice in tennis ... Two-year captain of basketball, senior captain for tennis ... High school basketball coach was Jack Walsh ... First-team All-Catholic League in 2009-10 ... Second-team All-Catholic League in 2008-09 ... All-city in 2008-09 ... Ferguson Award recipient ... Kairos leader. Personal: Son of Deborah and Francis Dougherty Sr. ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.

CAMERON GUNTER 6-8 / 190 Morton, Pa. Ridley High School: Lettered three times in basketball ... Served as team captain his senior year ... High school coach was Keith Heinrichs ... Second-team All-Delco as a senior ... Honorable mention All-Delco as a junior ... National Honor Society member ... Honor roll student. Personal: Son of Tracy and Kevin Gunter ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.

CHRIS HATFIELD 6-5 / 205 Orinda, Calif. Miramonte High School: Four-year letterwinner in basketball ... Two-year captain ... High school coach was Dave Brown ... Led team to 2009 Diablo Foothill League title with 24-6 overall record ... High school's all-time leading scorer ... Two-time first-team all-league League ... Honorable mention All-Bay Area in 2010 ... Honorable mention All-Metro in 2009 ... Clay Scholarship recipient ... Wendy's Scholar-Athlete finalist ... California Scholastic Federation and National Society of High School Scholars member. Personal: Son of Rochelle and John Hatfield ... Will enroll in the Wharton School of Business.

CASEY JAMES 6-4 / 195 Capistrano Beach, Calif. Capistrano Valley High School: Lettered four times in basketball, co-captain of the team as a senior ... High school coach was Brian Mulligan ... Two-time Large School All-CIF Southern Section ... Two-time All-South Coast League ... MVP in Orange County vs. Los Angeles County All-Star Game ... 2010 High School Academic All-American Classic participant ... All-Trinity League at JSerra Catholic High School in 2008 ... Scholar Athlete at JSerra (2007, 2008) before moving to Capistrano Valley (2009, 2010). Personal: Son of Colleen and Dennis James ... Father was an All-America basketball player at Azusa Pacific College and is in that school's Hall of Fame; he later played four years of pro basketball in Europe ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.

DAU JOK 6-4 / 180 Des Moines, Iowa Theodore Roosevelt High School: Lettered three times in basketball ... Captain as a senior ... High school coaches were Paul Doerrfeld and Chris McMahon ... Two-time first-team All-Metro Conference ... Two-time all-district ... Two-time academic all-conference ... Third-team all-state and second-team Central Iowa Metro League (CIML) Elite in 2009-10 ... Iowa Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) All-Star in 2009-10 ... MVP of CIML All-Star Game after a 38-point performance ... Also lettered in cross country and helped team win conference ... Co-leader of PROUD ... Man4mation member. Personal: Son of Amelia Ring and the late Dut Jok ... Counts the late Manute Bol and current Chicago Bull Luol Deng among his relatives ... Will enroll in the College of Arts and Sciences.

MARIN KUKOC 6-7 / 195 Highland Park, Ill. Highland Park High School: Lettered three times in basketball and twice in volleyball ... Two-year captain for basketball, one-year captain for volleyball ... High school basketball coach was Paul Harris ... Helped Highland Park to Central Suburban League North Division and regional titles in 2007-08 ... Two-time all-conference ... Illinois State Scholar. Personal: Son of Renata and Toni Kukoc ... Father played in the NBA for from 1993-2006 and was a member of the Chicago Bulls' championship teams in 1996, 1997 and 1998 ... Father was NBA's Sixth Man of the Year for the 1995-96 season ... Will enroll in the Wharton School of Business.

STEVE RENNARD 6-2 / 175 Hazlet, N.J. St. Joseph High School: Lettered four times in basketball and was a three-year captain ... High school coach was David Turco ... Led team to Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division title and GMC Tournament championship ... Named Player of the Year by the Newark Star Ledger and the Home News Tribune ... Third-team all-state ... Second-team New Jersey All-Non Public ... Second-team All-New Jersey Senior ... First-team All-Middlesex County ... All-conference and all-tournament ... 2010 Primetime Shootout MVP ... Scholar Athlete finalist ... National Honor Society member ... Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Personal: Son of Susan and Thomas Rennard ... Will enroll in the Wharton School of Business.