Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lauri Markkanen
The subject is a Finnish high school student and a seven-foot, five-star basketball recruit.   imposes a heightened notability standard for high school athletes.  Here, however, the subject arguably passes even this heightened standard, having received significant coverage in major national media outlets, including ESPN.com http://espn.go.com/recruiting/basketball/story/_/id/13908331/finnish-center-lauri-markkanen-commits-arizona-wildcats here, MSN http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafbvideos/meet-finlands-next-great-nba-hope-lauri-markkanen/vp-AAfqIiI here, CBS Sports http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25343238/finlands-five-star-forward-lauri-markkanen-commits-to-arizona here, http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/10/17/arizona-wildcats-lauri-markkanen-commits-finland-sean-miller Sports Illustrated, and Fox Sports http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/arizona-commitment-finland-forward-lauri-markkanen-101915 here.  See also http://tucson.com/sports/basketball/college/wildcats/ua-basketball-finnish-big-man-markkanen-commits/article_e966bcd3-c48f-5d2d-9ff6-14c271e92a71.html this piece from the ''Arizona Daily Star''.  He also has a well-developed biography on Finnish Wikipedia (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Markkanen) with citations to numerous Finnish sources providing prolonged coverage of the subject. While articles on high school athletes are appropriately discouraged, this one appears to be an exception to the rule
— User:Cbl62, 16:43, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NHSPHSATH (Wikipedia:Notability)