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Class of 2013

Rock Hill High boys basketball coach Eric Rollings said Roderick Howell dreamed of playing college basketball, that it was his goal.
Howell's dream was answered on Tuesday when he signed a Nation Letter of Intent with Newberry College.
The 6-foot-6 forward was one of Newberry's top targets, Rollings said.
Howell averaged 10 points, 8 rebounds and 3.5 blocks a game last season. He played on a Bearcats team that was loaded with good big men and spread the scoring around.

Roderick Howell to Newberry College
 
Jake Handshoe and Austin Kyles have signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball for the Lions next season, head coach Rick Scruggs announced today.
Kyles, a 6'8" center is from Aiken, S.C. He should also look to log considerable minutes for the Lions next season. Kyles currently attends South Aiken High School and played AAU basketball for the S.C. Kings. He was also selected to the 17-U New Zealand National basketball team.

Austin Kyles to Mars Hill
 
Two games into the 2012-13 season, Mercer men's basketball head coach Bob Hoffman continued to build the future of his program with the signing of D.J. Brooks to a National Letter of Intent on Thursday.
Brooks is a two-time All-Region and All-County selection heading into his senior season at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina. After a stellar junior campaign, the 6-foot-1 point guard has been a class AAAA pre-season top-five senior by the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association.
As a junior, Brooks averaged 10 points, five assists, and four rebounds per game while leading the Rams to a 22-5 record. In only three seasons with the team, Brooks has already contributed to 70 wins as a varsity player. In the classroom, Brooks carries a 3.4 GPA and has been recognized as Hillcrest High School Student of the Month.

DJ Brooks to Mercer
 
Charleston Southern men's basketball has signed Hillcrest High School guard Tre' Smith to a National Letter of Intent in the early signing period, CSU head coach Barclay Redebaugh announced on Thursday.

Smith signed in a ceremony at his high school on Thursday afternoon.Smith is a 6'3 all-state guard for the Rams and is entering his senior year. As a junior, he averaged 17 points, six rebounds, and three assists per game in leading Hillcrest to a 22-5 record and a second place finish region II-4A.

Heading into his senior season, Tre' has already been named to the 2012-2013 SCBCA Elite Team, which is comprised of the state's Top 6 players and has been named as one of South Carolina's Top 5 high school seniors in 4A.

Tre Smith to Charleston Southern
 
Appalachian State University men's basketball head coach Jason Capel announced the signing of four players to a National Letter of Intent on Friday.


The four players consist of Devonte Graham (Raleigh, N.C./Broughton), Mike Kobani (High Point, N.C./High Point Christian), Aaron Scott (Columbia, S.C./Richland Northeast) and Ty Toney (Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta).

Scott will join the Mountaineers following his senior season at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C. a season following Jason Powell's Cavaliers' run to the second round of the SCHSL playoffs. Scott earned all-conference honors as a sophomore and has averaged better than 10 points per game since his freshman season. As a junior, he averaged 15 points, five rebounds and three assists for the Cavaliers.


Aaron Scott to Appalachian State
 
Western Carolina head men's basketball coach Larry Hunter today announced the signing of Charlendez Brooks to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) during the early signing period which opened on Wednesday. Brooks will enroll at WCU in the Fall of 2013 and begin play for the Catamounts in the 2013-14 season.

Listed at 6-9, 220-lbs., Brooks is a post player from Byrnes High School in Duncan, S.C., where he plays for head coach Layne Fowler. A season ago, the center averaged 7.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, adding 3.1 blocks per outing as a junior. He was selected to the All-Region II 4-A basketball team in March of 2012, helping Byrnes HS to a playoff victory over defending 4-A state champion, Gaffney, in overtime in the first round of the South Carolina state playoffs.

Charlendez Brooks to Western Carolina
 
High school standout forward Tony Dargan, Jr., has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Anderson University next season, head men's basketball head coach Jason Taylor announced Thursday.

Dargan, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound wing player from Chapin, S.C., averaged 17 points and eight rebounds per game last season for Coach Mike Burge's Chapin Eagles. He earned all-region honors for Region 5-AAA and has been ranked as the No. 3 senior in South Carolina by All-Star Sports Report national recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons in the Charlotte Observer.



Tony Dargan to Anderson University
 
University of Delaware men's basketball head coach Monte Ross has announced the signings of Zacarry Douglas, Barnett Harris, Cazmon Hayes and DeVarte Watson, who recently signed National Letters of Intent with UD and will join the Blue Hens in the 2013-14 season.


Watson, a 6-7 forward from Oakbrook Prep in Spartanburg, S.C., was a South Carolina Independent School Association All-Star and a Regional III-2A first team selection last season as a junior. Watson was also named Herald-Journal second team All-Area after averaging 16 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks for the Knights.


DeVarte Watson to Delaware
 
Nation Ford High senior Carson Smith signed Monday to play college
basketball for the next two years at Olney Central College, becoming the
first Falcon boys' basketball player to do so. Smith was also recruited by North Greenville University, Lindsey Wilson College and Spartanburg Methodist College.

Olney Central head coach Mike Burris made the 10-hour trip to Nation Ford for the signing of Smith.
"We are excited," Burris said. "Carson is a great kid from a great family."
At 6'6" 190-pounds, Burris said that Smith could fit in at the two, three or four spot within the Knights lineup.

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Carson Smith to Olney Central
 
A packed arena witnessed 15 Dorman athletes sign to continue their athletic careers during a ceremony held on Wednesday.

Eight boys and seven girls signed national letters of intent in various sports.
Cavaliers point guard Maurice Daniels, a North-South all-star, all-state
selection and Region II-4A Player of the Year, inked with Erskine. He
averaged 12 points, four assists, three rebounds and three steals this
past season and he's hopeful to build on that success.

Maurice Daniels to Erskine
 
With the help of former Olney Central College forward Joe Wright,
OCC coach Mike Burris landed an athletic post player from the East Coast
who averaged a double-double as a senior.
Jamal Cummings, a
6-7, 200-pounder from Florence, S.C., put up 13 points, 10 rebounds,
three blocks, two assists and 1.2 steals per game last season for the
14-11 West Florence High School Knights. Cummings played for Pete Ellis,
who coached Wright and Deonte Johnson, also a former Blue Knight, at
Marion (S.C.) High School.
Cummings moved from Union, N.J., to Florence as a senior. He shot 56
percent from the floor (31 percent behind the arc) and 72 percent from
the free-throw line in his lone season with West Florence after netting
7.4 points per game during his junior campaign at Union High School.


Jamal Cummings to Olney Central
 
Lexington guard Nygel Gates, who recently played in the City vs.
State All-star game, signed this week with Roane State College, a junior
college in Tennessee.
Gates led the Wildcats with 15 points, 11
rebounds and three assists per game in their 2012-13 season, and was the
MVP in the North-South All-star game.

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Nygel Gates to Roane State CC
 
Wilson coach Derrick McQueen issued a challenge to Patrell Rogers before the start of the basketball season.



McQueen, a former point guard at Wake Forest, saw the potential
in Rogers and expected a big senior season from his start guard. And
Rogers did just that, averaging 21.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.0
assists this season.


Rogers was named to the Morning News All-Pee Dee
team and played in the North-South All-Star game. He reaped the final
reward Wednesday when he signed to play basketball at Johnson C. Smith, a
(NCAA) Division II school located in Charlotte, N.C.
Rogers picked Johnson C. Smith over Francis Marion and will join former
Wilson teammate Alandre Davis at JCSU. Davis just finished his freshman
season there and played in 20 games.


Patrell Rogers to Johnson C Smith
 
Darlington guard J.J. Richardson has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Garden City Community College in Kansas.



The 6-foot-2 senior averaged 19 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3
assists this year in helping the Falcons to the Class 3A lower state
final. Richardson was a Morning News All-Pee Dee selection and played in
the North-South All-Star game.


JJ Richardson to Garden City CC
 
South Florence's Michael Ellis will continue his basketball career at USC Salkahatchie.



The Bruins shooting guard signed a letter of intent to play at
the junior college Wednesday. Ellis averaged 16 points, seven rebounds
and two blocks a game this season and was an all-Region 6-4A selection.
Ellis said he also considered Brunswick Community College and Lincoln
Memorial. USC Salkahatchie advanced to the JUCO Division I national
tournament this season.


Michael Ellis to USC Salkehatchie
 
All-State selection and WPDE All-Hoop Zoner Jaquan Grissett signed
with Olney Central College in Illinois. Grissett was the Class 3A
Region 7 Player of the Year, and was a Mister Hoop Zone Finalist. He
earned MVP honors leading the Chiefs to the tournament championship at
the Shootout by the Sea in December, and led the Chiefs to a region
championship.

Jaquan Grissett to Olney Central
 
Dmitri Reaves is headed to Olney Community College to continue his basketball career.



The Mullins guard signed with junior college in Illinois on
Friday. Reaves averaged 16 points a game and four assists in his only
season with the Auctioneers. He also was selected to the North-South
game.


Reaves transferred from Bannequer High School in Georgia.

Reaves is the second area player to sign with Olney, joining West
Florence's Jamal Cummings. Four players from South Carolina signed with
Olney this year.


Dmitri Reaves to Olney Central
 
Picking a college can be a trying decision for a student-athlete. For Truston Whiteside, the choice was an easy one.


It's something he just knew.


The Landrum guard on Thursday signed an offer to play at Southern
Wesleyan, capping a stellar senior season and cementing his basketball
future.
Whiteside helped lead the Cardinals to a 24-3 record and a berth in the
third round of the 2A playoffs. He averaged 11.3 points, 7.3 assists, 8
rebounds and 2.6 steals per game, and set the school's single-game
assist mark with 15 against Liberty this past season.


Truston Whiteside to Southern Wesleyan
 
University of North Florida head basketball coach Matthew Driscoll
announced the signing of junior college product Jalen Nesbitt to a
national letter-of-intent to play for the Ospreys beginning in 2013-14
season.

A 6-4 guard from Inman, S.C. (Chapman HS), Nesbitt was a standout performer at
Spartanburg Methodist College helping the Pioneers to a 35-1 record and a
consolation game victory at the NJCAA DI Championship.
Nesbitt earned first team All-Region X accolades this season after being
named to the second-team as a freshman at SMC. He averaged 14 points,
7.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game this year. A versatile
performer, Nesbitt shot 53.8 percent from the floor and 40.9 percent
from long distance while also connecting at a 75.0 percent clip at the
foul line. He posted 10 double-doubles including a 28-point/16-rebound
effort against Vincennes in the consolation game at the NJCAA Division I
National Tournament.

Jalen Nesbitt to North Florida
 
Shane Heyward - Middle Georgia College - West Ashley HS

Columbus State University head men's basketball coach Robert Moore
announced the addition of four student-athletes who have signed a
National Letter of Intent to play for the Cougars next season. Kenney
Funderburke Jr., Ty Harris, Shane Heyward and RJ Sessions make-up Coach
Moore's initial recruiting class.
Heyward had a standout career at Middle Georgia College where he was a
two-time First Team All-Region selection. He helped guide the Warriors
to a 45-16 record over the past two seasons including appearances in the
Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Region Tournament. This past
season, Heyward averaged 12 points and 8.8 rebounds per games. He also
blocked 70 shots, the 17th most nationally.





"Shane will give us a low-post scorer which was missing from this
year's team. He is very long and will give us the size and athletic
ability to matchup with teams in the Peach Belt Conference."

Shane Heyward to Columbus State
 
Newberry men's basketball coach Dave Davis announces the signing of all-region post player Vincent Hicklin from Lower Richland High School.
The
6-foot-6, 220 lbs., Hicklin averaged 17 points and 12 rebounds per game
and led his team to the regular season region championship and Lower
Richland advanced to the third round of the state playoffs. He had a
season high 29 points and 13 rebounds against Dreher. Vincent was also
named to the All City of Columbia Team, the All-Area Team,
All-Conference Team and he also made the prestigious City vs State
All-Star game.

Hicklin is a true student-athlete and was a
four-year honor roll student carrying a 3.7 grade point average and is
ranked No. 30 in his senior class.


Vincent Hicklin to Newberry
 
Definitely a steal for Newberry. Hicklin has a D-1 body and elite athleticism. The ceiling is very high for this kid. Great pick-up Newberry
 
great pickup for Dave Davis- Vince will fit right in with his system- I see him over the ball immediately and trapping everywhere- also can come from behind and erase shots.

Jeremy- i am not picking at you- i mostly agree with all your posts- but if Vince had a D1 body and elite athleticism, wouldn't he be going D1? LOL
 
Benedict College head men's basketball coach Fred Watson announced the signing of Jose Roman-Angueira to a National Letter of Intent.



Roman-Angueira, a 6-foot-7 small forward, played for one season at Ridge
View High School for coach John Combs. He led the Blazers in scoring,
rebounding and blocked shots and was named All-Region and helped lead
Ridge View to the semifinals of the South Carolina High School
Championships. He was selected to play in the Columbia vs. South
Carolina All-Star game. He also plays for the South Carolina Kings AAU
team.
Prior to moving to Columbia, he played at Shoemaker High School in
Killeen, Texas for coach Marc Minatrea, where he also led the team in
scoring, rebounding and blocked shots and was named All-District and
defensive MVP.


Jose Roman-Angueira to Benedict
 
I agree with jeremylin. The Hicklin kid from LR is ripped. He has a lean well built grown man body. He is undersized height-wise for his position as a power forward but he has D1-type athletic ability to make up for it. He's an incredible leaper and runs the floor like a deer. Definitely a steal for Newberry
 
Aiken High School senior Shawn Moore recently finished a
spectacular season for the boys' basketball team. He averaged close to
24 points per game to go with 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals and was named
to the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association Class AAAA
All-State team as well as being selected as the Aiken Standard Boys'
Basketball Player of the Year.

That impressive resume had several colleges interested in
adding the 17-year-old Moore to their programs. Suitors included
Newberry, Anderson, Spartanburg Methodist and Lincoln Memorial among
other schools. But in the end, Moore chose to stay near his family and
friends ? many of which turned out to see him sign his letter of intent
Wednesday ? when he accepted a scholarship from Paine College (NCAA D-II) in
Augusta.



Shawn Moore to Paine College
 
A pair of 6-7 forwards are the latest additions to the 2013-14 Olney Central College men's basketball team. Rontavius
McClure, a two-sport standout from Northwestern High School in Rock
Hill, S.C., and Kevin Rowell, an All-Stater from Marion (S.C.) High
School, inked letters of intent recently to play for the Blue Knights
next season.
After catching 86 passes for 1,090 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior
on the gridiron, McClure averaged 16 points, eight rebounds, 2.4 blocks,
2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game last winter for the Northwestern
Trojans.
McClure, a 2012 first-team All-State wideout, had football offers from
Marshall and Appalachian State while also receiving interest from
Clemson, North Carolina and South Carolina. He helped guide Northwestern
to a runner-up finish in the Class 4A Division II playoffs, thus
getting a late start on the hardwood, and played in the prestigious
Shrine Bowl game in mid-December at Spartanburg, S.C.
Rowell averaged a double-double (17.4 points and 12.7
rebounds) to go with four assists and 2.5 steals per game during his
senior campaign for Marion, home of former Blue Knights Deonte Johnson
and Joe Wright.
He was an All-State first-team selection and played in the North/South All-Star Game as well as the City vs. State Classic.


Two More to Olney Central
 
(Jaylen) Reid, the son of Pansy Reid-King and former Charlotte Hornet J.R. Reid,
signed his national letter of intent Monday morning. He made his
decision public by revealing a Tennessee State hat from beneath a table.
Even before Reid averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals per
game, made all-state and played in the Clash of the Carolinas All-Star
game this season, he had a number of options. Winthrop, Jacksonville,
Austin Peay, Southeast Missouri, Miami (OH), Kent State and High Point
all offered scholarships, and the 6-foot-7 wing with NBA bloodlines took
official visits to Peay, Southeast Missouri and Miami. But Tennessee
State coach Travis Williams and his players won over Reid by making him
feel part of the family, which based on Monday's show of support, was a
deal-sealer.
Reid said the Tennessee State players he met on the visit, including a
pair from Columbia, S.C., were "great guys, all of them. I'm just ready
to go play with them."

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Jaylen Reid to Tennessee State
 
For the past five seasons, Kelso Wright has been a part of the West Florence basketball team.



Now, Wright will have a shot to play college basketball as the senior signed to play at Spartanburg Methodist next season.


Wright averaged 11.8 points, 4.3 assists, 4.1
rebounds and 3.5 steals this season for the Knights. The point guard's
most memorable game came in the 102-100 triple overtime win over South
Florence in the Pepsi Carolina Classic on Dec. 27when he scored a
career-high 31 points, including five 3-pointers.

Kelso Wright to SMC
 
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