Thursday, August 27th, 2009 - 6:55 pm
HAMMOND, Ind. — Former Lake Central center Eric Summers, a two-time Duneland All-Conference player, is continuing his basketball career at Purdue University Calumet. Summers, listed at 6-8 and 240 pounds, made it official Thursday signing with the Peregrines and Head Coach Dan Voudrie.
In his senior season, Summers averaged 14.5 points hitting 59.3 percent from the field, grabbed 9.1 rebounds and
Eric Summers signs contract after a workout.
dished out 4.5 assists per game. He led Lake Central in scoring and rebounding in his junior and senior seasons and started on the varsity all four years. Summers was a First Team All-Area player, the NWI Times Region Rumble Player of the Game last season and a two-year captain.
Summers’ size and basketball skills will be a significant factor helping the Peregrines in a rebuilding season, according to Voudrie.
“We are excited to have another young man of such high quality character and talent join the PUC basketball family,” Voudrie said. “The addition of Eric Summers to our basketball program greatly accelrates the process of building a championship program at Purdue Calumet.
“He is an outstanding capstone to the previously strong foundation of this recruiting class.”
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 - 4:30 pm
HAMMOND, Ind. — Jordan Champion, a 6-1 guard from Logansport High School, is the latest recruit to join the Peregrines basketball squad. Champion finished among the top ten in scoring in the North Central Conference averaging 13.7 points per game and led the conference hitting 2.86 3-point attempts per game.
At the free throw line, Champion hit 77.6 percent finishing in the top ten in the conference. He earned a spot on the all conference second team, was the most valuable player of the Cass County Tournament, and also played in the Hoosier Select All-Star Classic.
Champion’s addition to the roster gives Peregrine Head Coach Dan Voudrie more depth and scoring off the bench.
“We’re really excited to have Jordan Champion join our program with his solid athletic background,” Voudrie said. “Having played at a high level during high school, the transition to the college game will be a quick and successful one.
“Like our previous recruits Jordan’s commitment in the classroom is at an extraordinary level.”
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - 8:04 pm
HAMMOND, Ind. — With only three returning players from the 2008-09 season, Purdue University Calumet’s men’s basketball coaches knocked on several doors searching for recruits to fit the Peregrine program. Second-year head coach Dan Voudrie recently locked up nine players from across Indiana, including eight freshmen and one junior college transfer.
“We are pleased to have this collection of young men as our initial recruiting class. As basketball players, most of these guys believe they were overlooked by many other colleges and have the right kind of attitude about working to prove it,” Voudrie said.
Junior Neal Hudson (Hobart), a 6-6 transfer from Joliet Junior College, Ill., averaged 14.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last season. He was an all-conference player in the North Central Community College Conference and an all-area player in Region IV of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
A second local player, Markus Starks, 6-6 from Gary Wirt, averaged 15.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per game last season. He was all conference in the Northwest Conference and named to all area teams for the Northwest Indiana Times and Post Tribune.
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