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<p>When his recruiting process first began, Bradley-Bourbonnais senior big man Nick Allen didn’t have Illinois State University anywhere on his radar. But like a series of storm cells, Redbirds coach Ryan Pedon just kept on popping up on Allen’s doppler.</p>




<p>As the Daily Journal coverage area continues to see more and more student-athletes make waves at the college level, several of them are doing so at the highest level: NCAA Division I. Our summer campus catch-up series begins on the diamonds of baseball and softball.</p>


<p>Jyaire “Suga” Hill has gotten to live out plenty more dreams than most teens a year removed from high school. As a high-schooler, the 2023 Kankakee graduate helped his Kays to their first-ever run to the IHSA State championship, a Class 5A second-place finish in 2021. Not long after, he lived out the dream of every high school athlete when he committed to the University of Michigan as a four-star recruit, earning last year’s College Football Playoff National Championship with the Wolverines last winter.</p>