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Western Carolinian Volume 71 Number 06

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  • Western Ca tball recruiting class ever? By Andy Gambill ) - . the mens team. Gone are seniors Jared Outing, David d Charles Bouie, and entering are transfer Josh Dees has ever t a hi has yielded se Nick Aldridge. School in Ohio. Aldridge high school and supp Ss Cincinnati. Aldridge led his to step in immediately and supply low post scoring. The other two big catches of the class are Omar Thomas and Brandon Giles. Thomas is a 65 forward who started all four years at Detroit Country Day School. Only two other players have ever started all four years at Detroit Country Day School; those players were college All- Americans Shane Battier (Duke) and Chris Webber (Michigan). According | . to www.scout.com, Thomas is a three-star recruit that excels at rebounding. Thomas has a great intensity and passion to his game and an excellent face to the basket game. Scout.com describes Thomas as a junk-yard dog and says players must match his intensity to play with him. This is just the type of player Hunter likes to build his programs on and the kind of player that has lately been lacking at Western. Brandon Giles is another three-star recruit, and according to scout. com, he was even offered a scholarship to West Virginia University. Giles is a 65 shooting guard from Auburndale High School in Florida, the same high school NBA superstar Tracy McGrady attended. Giles is described as a tough, tough kid who has many talents. Giles | is said to be adept at fi inishing d the basket, shooting the mid ot be analyzed entering college, but when they leave college. One will not i the im ollege. With that said, this class has all the talent to lead Western to SoCon Champi h NIC Martin, Anquell McCollum, Frankie King, or Henry Logan in the class, but at the m ment, u Wi continue to add to the athleticism, skill and versatility pool in our program. E =act grams ang nas ie erperioneed success and winning at a very significant level. GPL I RIOD AAS ie pO EO Hi, NE pe ie Ser Oe ee epee
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