Basketball Commit (Walk on)

[AMarner32]

Wesley Greder of Gilbert has committed to play basketball at ISU. Should be a walk-on role.

https://twitter.com/wesleygreder2/status/568940762794037248

 

[Cycl1]

Welcome to CyclONEnation!

 

[HoibergIsMyHero]

Wesley Greder of Gilbert has committed to play basketball at ISU. Should be a walk-on role.

https://twitter.com/wesleygreder2/status/568940762794037248

Na I'm thinking we skip out on Diallo and give him the scholly.

Congrats to Wesley though.

 

[isufan1423]

He's 6'4 and averaging 17 ppg

 

[AMarner32]

Na I'm thinking we skip out on Diallo and give him the scholly.

Congrats to Wesley though.

Wes is pretty good, albeit at a smaller school. Obviously I wouldn't expect him to get any playing time at ISU as a walk on. Good for him though, glad he's part of the team.

 

[CyFan61]

Stensland to Greder alley-oop dunk next year in the Final Four

 

[HoibergIsMyHero]

Wes is pretty good, albeit at a smaller school. Obviously I wouldn't expect him to get any playing time at ISU as a walk on. Good for him though, glad he's part of the team.

Haha I'm not knocking the kid. Seems like Stensland is enjoying himself and being a good teammate. Great to have Iowa Kids on when you can. I just thought it was funny how you worded it.

 

[AMarner32]

Haha I'm not knocking the kid. Seems like Stensland is enjoying himself and being a good teammate. Great to have Iowa Kids on when you can. I just thought it was funny how you worded it.

Haha no worries. He'll definitely be a walk-on, if that's better!

 

[Chizit]

Stensland to Greder alley-oop dunk next year in the Final Four

This, but the other way around.

 

[CyCrazy]

Haha no worries. He'll definitely be a walk-on, if that's better!

I doubt anyone was confused.

 

[mjhavlo76]

Agree. It's good to have some Iowa bloodlines on the roster!

 

[GTO]

This, but the other way around.

Okay.

Final Four with the alley-oop dunk to Greder in the Stensland!

 

[Final42b]

Anybody ever see him play? Gilbert would be interesting to watch now with him and Jack Hoiberg

 

[WastedTalent]

Out of curiosity, how many players can be on the team? 13 scholarship & 2 walkons?

 

[Eriksp]

Won't this put us at 3 walk ons? Jackson, Stensland, Greder.

 

[CloneinWDSM]

Won't this put us at 3 walk ons? Jackson, Stensland, Greder.

Wonder if Kourtlin wants to try getting some playing time somewhere more feasible.

 

[8bitnes]

Anybody ever see him play? Gilbert would be interesting to watch now with him and Jack Hoiberg

Greder is much better known for his talents in XC and T&F. The kid has ran sub-16 for 5k and a 4:29 1600m (essentially a 4:31 mile). He's a 3x state medalist in cross country and twice in track with this spring still coming. He does pair his endurance with a personal best of 6' 2" in the high jump, which is traditionally good enough to place top 12 at state in any classification. However, he has never qualified for state, hitting 5'8" at state qualifying. He also pitched for Gilbert with an ERA of 1.21 and had a batting average of 0.345.

Clearly, he is an athlete and having been a 4-sporter he will have a lot of upside to develop rapidly under a single focus. If he has fast hands to go with his endurance, he could apply some relentless scout-team full-court pressure.

 

[CarlHungus]

Wonder if Kourtlin wants to try getting some playing time somewhere more feasible.

I bet he would get good minutes at a lower level MVC school like Drake or Evanston

 

[Slammer]

Greder is much better known for his talents in XC and T&F. The kid has ran sub-16 for 5k and a 4:29 1600m (essentially a 4:31 mile). He's a 3x state medalist in cross country and twice in track with this spring still coming. He does pair his endurance with a personal best of 6' 2" in the high jump, which is traditionally good enough to place top 12 at state in any classification. However, he has never qualified for state, hitting 5'8" at state qualifying. He also pitched for Gilbert with an ERA of 1.21 and had a batting average of 0.345.

Clearly, he is an athlete and having been a 4-sporter he will have a lot of upside to develop rapidly under a single focus. If he has fast hands to go with his endurance, he could apply some relentless scout-team full-court pressure.

hahahaha

 

[CyFan61]

Won't this put us at 3 walk ons? Jackson, Stensland, Greder.

I thought you were allowed 3 walk-ons along with 13 scholarship players? We just have been carrying an open walk-on slot on the roster.