Athletics |
Released: 4/17/2009
WAHPETON, N.D. – Three North Dakota State College of Science men’s basketball players have decided where they will continue their basketball careers. Jon Kramer, Maurice Foster, and Nick Walls have committed to keep playing after stellar careers at NDSCS.
Wahpeton native Jon Kramer averaged 8.3 points, three rebounds, and shot 75 percent from the free throw line this season for the Wildcats. He will continue on to NAIA powerhouse Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Northwestern was 16‐13 this season after having back-to-back NAIA Final Four campaigns.
“I am elated for Jon to be able to continue his education while playing basketball at a high level institution. His character and work ethic are obvious and I have no doubt he will be successful not only in basketball but in life,” Wildcats Coach Scott Schumacher said.
All‐Conference and All‐Region performer Maurice Foster averaged 15.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, and shot 47 percent from the field. He will be attending NCAA Division I school Nichols State in the fall. Nichols State, in Thibodeaux, Louisiana is a member of the Southland Conference. The program finished this season 20‐11 overall and lost in the Southland Conference semi‐finals. Foster hails from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Memphis, Tennessee and Ridgeway High School product Nick Walls will be taking his point guard skills to the NCAA Division I level, as well. He will be playing for the Jaguars of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Southern is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. For the season, Walls averaged 5.6 assists and had an assist to turnover ratio of almost four to one while running the show for Scott Schumacher’s Wildcats.
Schumacher added, “For Maurice and Nick to follow me from Kilgore, Texas to Wahpeton, North Dakota was a huge leap of faith. For those two young men to secure a college degree and have the opportunity to continue their education while playing basketball at a NCAA Division I institution is as gratifying for me as earning a berth in the National Tournament.”
For the season, the Wildcats were 31‐4 overall and 13‐1 in Mon‐Dak Conference play. They also finished ranked tenth in the final NJCAA Division I Poll after entering the top ten in December with a high ranking of fourth in the nation after a 24‐0 start. The Wildcats qualified for the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas, where they reached the Elite 8.
