Gay signed a national letter of intent with Connecticut in November 2003. In the summer of 2003, Gay emerged as a major national recruit and listed the Terps and Syracuse first among his preferred college destinations, ahead of the Huskies. When Gay transferred to Spalding after the start of his junior year, in September 2002, the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association reviewed its transfer rules.Ī much larger recruiting ruckus was labeled 'Rudygate' by some spurned Maryland fans. In his sophomore season at Baltimore County's Eastern Tech, the Mavericks earned their first and only trip to College Park for the state semifinals. He is an amiable, polite kid, but all that potential made Gay one of the most controversial high school players the area has ever seen.
