4-star Nate Ament is seeing his recruitment pick up; talks Virginia Tech, Maryland and more
Nate Ament is the No. 46 player in the 2025 On3 75. The 6-foot-7 wing from Manassas (VA) Colgan High has become a hot name in recruiting. Just after midnight, on June 15, the first day college coaches are able to contact rising junior players directly, Virginia Tech was the first school to call. Soon thereafter, Florida State, LSU, SMU, Texas, Illinois, Penn State, and others followed suit.
“I’ve gotten used to the physicality of the game,” Ament told On3. “I’m able to embrace the bumps and able to get to my spots in the mid-range and the paint. I watch a lot of Tyrese Haliburton and De’Angelo Russell. They’re taller guards who can play on or off the ball, get to their spots, and make plays.”
Ament has seen a breakout this Spring with the Team Loaded NC program on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit. The four-star is averaging a team-high 15.4 points while shooting 37.8 percent from three. On3 caught up with Nate Ament after a recent live viewing to talk about his recruitment.
Ament talks recruitment
“Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest are my most recent offers,” Ament said.
Maryland: “I’ve been to a couple of practices; they go hard at practice. They got a couple of big guys there. They play with a lot of pick and roll. With my ability to post up and to shoot, I feel like I could play very freely over there.”
Virginia Tech: “I haven’t been on their campus yet. But they like my versatility, that I can shoot the ball or handle it. They like that I can do anything they need me to do.”
Creighton and Wake Forest both offered me, but we haven’t been hearing from either of them as much as the other schools since the offers,” Ament said. “Indiana and Virginia are a couple of other schools who have gotten in contact with us recently and started recruiting me.”
In his words
“I grew up playing soccer, I was a winger, so I didn’t really grow up watching basketball like that,” Ament said.
“I’m going to be looking at player development. I want to keep getting better once I get to college, so a school that can develop me as a player will be big. Me being able to play multiple positions, I want to play for a coach who knows how to use my versatility.”