{"id":53002,"date":"2025-08-01T17:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53002\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:19:08","slug":"duquesne-to-get-ov-from-69-forward-heimir-helgason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53002\/","title":{"rendered":"Duquesne to Get OV from 6&#8217;9&#8243; Forward Heimir Helgason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the start of the college football season almost here, it\u2019s also important time for college basketball teams.<\/p>\n<p>Before they start official practices in November, basketball programs will start hosting high school recruits on official visits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghsportsnow.com\/2025\/01\/29\/lebron-james-hangs-out-with-duquesne-hc-dru-joyce-iii-dukes-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HC Dru Joyce<\/a> and the Duquesne Dukes will be getting a start on that next month.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Sports Now has learned that 2026 forward <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/athletes\/heimir-helgason-329145?view=pv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Heimir Helgason<\/a> has scheduled an official visit to Duquesne from September 26-28.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Duquesne, Helgason has two other official visits scheduled- Wyoming (September 12-14) and UMass (September 19-21).<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Junior Season Highlights!  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZfYXJaGitJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZfYXJaGitJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heimir Gamal\u00edel Helgason (@heimirgam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heimirgam\/status\/1892581367512191261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Helgason is a 6\u20199\u201d forward originally from Iceland that originally moved to North Carolina but will play this season for DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in his recruitment, Helgason holds offers from Duquesne, UMass, Wyoming, Dayton, Chattanooga, East Carolina, Florida Gulf Coast, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Illinois State, Stetson and Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Helgason will likely see a big rise in his recruiting profile as he joins the DME Academy program. He\u2019s described as a fluid player that can be an impact player on both sides of the court with his height.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghsportsnow.com\/2025\/07\/25\/duquesne-a-top-school-for-four-star-forward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duquesne<\/a> is looking for their first commitment of the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghsportsnow.com\/2025\/07\/25\/duquesne-a-top-school-for-four-star-forward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duquesne a Top School for Four-Star Forward<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldwellbankerhomes.com\/pa\/pittsburgh\/agent\/sandra-sandy-schall\/aid_203098\/\" onclick=\"ga(&#039;send&#039;, &#039;event&#039;, { eventCategory: &#039;adclick&#039;, eventAction: &#039;click&#039;, eventLabel: &#039;sandycbopen-1&#039;});\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sandy-Schall.png\" alt=\"Sandy Schall, Coldwell Banker\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the start of the college football season almost here, it\u2019s also important time for college basketball teams.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,29914,40482,40483,831,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-53002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-duquesne-basketball","10":"tag-duquesne-mens-basketball","11":"tag-duquesne-recruiting","12":"tag-featured","13":"tag-ncaa","14":"tag-ncaa-basketball","15":"tag-ncaabasketball","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}