New Hampshire
In quick process, Davis High basketball guard Rex Sunderland commits to New Hampshire
BRIAN WOLFER, Unique to the Standard-Examiner
Davis gamer Rex Sunderland calls out a play throughout a 6A second-round championship game versus Layton on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Kaysville.
After an AAU basketball competition in Alabama last summertime, Rex Sunderland obtained a message from a guys’s basketball train at the College of New Hampshire.
The train, UNH head train Expense Herrion, desired Sunderland to conserve his number in his phone. They didn’t chat once more till last month however, when Herrion connected this moment in March, it swiftly developed into a scholarship deal for Sunderland, an elderly at Davis High.
A pair weekend breaks back, Sunderland mosted likely to Durham, New Hampshire, for a main browse through and also vocally devoted to the Wildcats at the end of the browse through. He revealed his dedication on April 16.
“It simply, it really felt right. The team is terrific, having a full-ride there, plus someplace where I can possibly enter and also play, it was a great suitable for me,” Sunderland informed the Standard-Examiner.
The entire point occurred swiftly for Sunderland, that was a three-year beginning guard for Davis as the Darts went 67-8. He led the group in factors (15.5), helps (4.0) and also swipes (3.9) per video game this period.
“It was a little fast however, at the very same time, I assume that’s type of the day and also age with the transfer website. It’s all individuals moving and also leaving, you never ever understand where areas are mosting likely to be, what’s mosting likely to open, it’s type of even more on the fly than just how it utilized to be, I assume,” Sunderland stated.
Sunderland picked New Hampshire over deals from Utah Valley and also Idaho State.
Sunderland was never ever opposed to heading out of state, he stated. UNH is 2,418 miles from Kaysville.
“I don’t understand if I ever before believed I’d be going that much,” he stated.
The College of New Hampshire Wildcats complete in the America East Seminar with the similarity Vermont, Maine, Binghamton, and also College of Maryland-Baltimore Area, that as a No. 16 seed, sprung a renowned distress over No. 1 Virginia in the 2018 NCAA Competition.
The Wildcats went 15-13 general last period and also have .500 or much better documents the last 3 periods. Herrion, the head train, is entering his 18th year accountable.
“I enjoy that he’s really affordable. He type of advised me of (Davis) train (Chad) Sims a bit. Affordable, really straight, however I such as that,” Sunderland stated. “As well as you can inform that their program is to win.”
Herrion informed Sunderland he may have an opportunity to play this year if points work out. Trainers may claim something like that to employees in an initiative to offer them on the college, however Sunderland believes the message was real since he exercised with a few of the gamers at UNH while on his browse through and also really felt that he held his very own.