Men’s basketball head coach Johnny Dawkins announced the signing of three highly-touted recruits to National Letters of Intent on Thursday, the same day that men’s golf coach Conrad Ray announced that two of his recruits also had signed letters of intent and will be attending Stanford next fall.

Dawkins’ signees include Rosco Allen, currently listed as the No. 12-ranked small forward and No. 55 overall player in ESPNU’s 100 national rankings; Christian Sanders, ESPNU’s No. 26-ranked shooting guard; and Grant Verhoeven, currently ranked No. 95 overall by ESPNU.

The 2012 class is being touted as one of Dawkins’ best overall, with ESPN.com rating it as “on the cusp” of being in the nation’s top-25, and Scout.com putting it at No. 25. The players come from all over the country, with Allen playing for Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Sanders for St. Thomas High School in Houston and Verhoeven suiting up for Central Valley Christian.

Ray’s incoming class has a bit more of an international flavor, as David Boote hails from Epsom College in Surrey, England. The 2011 National Junior Champion, Boote is joined in the class by Dominick Francks, currently of Olympia High School in Washington.

–Miles Bennett-Smith

They will join an already deep Cardinal squad, which features just one senior on its roster and is expected to compete for Pac-12 and national titles when the season kicks off in February.