ADAMS TWP — So you are a college basketball recruiter who wants to talk to Robby Carmody?

Get in line.

“June 15 was the first day college coaches could talk to kids and he got 30 phone calls that day,” Mars coach Rob Carmody, Robby’s father, said. “Then there’s all of the text messages ... It’s a mental grind.

“But it’s exciting at the same time. I’m proud of the way Robby’s handling everything.”

A 6-foot-4 shooting guard entering his junior year at Mars, Carmody averaged 19.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and six assists as a sophomore last season. His AAU team, the Adidas-sponsored Ohio Basketball Club, recently won a national tournament in Las Vegas with Carmody sinking the title-clinching lay-up with seconds to go.

He scored 22 points in the championship game to help the Ohio Basketball Club win the All-In Classic in Cincinnati earlier this summer.

“It’s been crazy, some of the stuff that’s been going on,” Robby said.

The day after Mars played in the PIAA Class AAA basketball title game, Carmody went to Italy to play in an international tournament. His AAU team has played in Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Spartanburg (S.C.), Dallas and Atlanta this summer.

Carmody has already made unofficial recruiting visits to Michigan, Purdue, Pitt, Penn State, Duquesne, Notre Dame and West Virginia.

“There are times when it becomes a little too much,” he said of the travel. “I mean, I love it because I love the game of basketball.

“But there are times when I need to take a break and just hang out with my friends. I have to balance everything and it’s not always easy.”

Carmody has already been offered full scholarships by Stanford, Notre Dame, Pitt, Penn State, DePaul, Xavier, Cincinnati, Duquesne, Louisville, Rice and Northwestern.

A number of other schools — Michigan, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Iowa and Virginia among them — are showing increased interest.

“I’m still wide open,” Robby said. “I’m not close to making a decision. I’m planning to have this filtered out and decided before my senior year.”

He’s permitted to make five official visits — paid for by those respective schools — next year and “we’re still trying to figure those out,” his father said.

“We heard from (coach) Jay Wright at Villanova after they had just won the national championship. You get a little star-struck at times. But basketball, academically, socially, it all has to fit. And somewhere, it will,” Coach Carmody added.

Robby is carrying a 4.1 grade point average along with his hoop prowess — and he’s quickly becoming the most recruited basketball player to ever come out of western Pennsylvania.

“I wasn’t expecting any of this ... certainly not this soon,” Robby admitted.

His father thought it might happen, but not in basketball.

Carmody was a stellar wide receiver in football for the Planets as a freshman, catching eight passes for 326 yards — a whopping 40.8 yards per catch — and five touchdowns.

“In terms of basketball, at 6-4, he’s not a big player physically,” Carmody’s father said. “But in football, a wide receiver who is 6-4, can run, jump and plays fearless ... That’s attractive to a recruiter.

“People think Robby quit football because he was afraid of getting hurt. That kid isn’t afraid of anything. His heart has always been with basketball and when he did so well his first year of AAU ball, he wanted to put more energy and effort into basketball and see where it takes him.

“He has natural athletic ability and a super competitive spirit. And he enjoys the process of getting better. That’s what has him where he is right now,” Carmody added.

Robby’s “process of getting better “includes lifting weights three days a week all summer and taking 200 shots every day, either at the gym or at home.

And he doesn’t work out alone.

“My younger brother, Michael, does everything with me,” Robby said. “He’ll be a freshman this year.”

Can he join Robby on the floor with the Mars varsity this coming season?

“Yeah, he’s good enough,” Robby said. “I believe that can happen.”

So the beat goes on with Robby Carmody. A little more practice each day as another school or two jumps on his ever-growing recruiting bandwagon.

“Maybe another four or five will come on board, who knows?,” Robby said. “If not, I’ve still got a lot of work to do.”

His father and coach can only smile at the process.

“I’ve been involved in high school sports a long time,” he said. “I’ve seen kids with 4.6 and 4.3 GPA’s and it’s still hard to get into a Notre Dame, Northwestern or Stanford. Not only is my son being offered an opportunity to go there, but it would all be paid for.

“In the end, it’s all just a blessing, a true blessing.”