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COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA PLAYER NEWS, 2007-08 |
13/09/07
Kings Lynn Fury Announce the signing of USA Select players for 2007
FURY have confirmed the signing of Craig Williams a 6’ 7” 219lb Erskine College forward. Williams was a four-year starter at NCAA Division II Erskine College. While at college he became Erskine’s career field goal percentage leader, shooting at a 64.4 percent clip for his career and ranks fifth on Erskine’s all-time scoring ledger, scoring 1,681 points for his career. He was a three-time All Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Team honoree.
Career
Statistical Breakdown
PPG RPG Field Goal Pct.
2003-04 10.5 5.0 61.4
2004-05 17.9 7.4 61.2
2005-06 16.2 8.1 60.2
2006-07 17.8 8.9 60.8
James Bamfield "Craig Possesses good post moves, but has also shown the ability to connect on the mid-range and outside jump shots effectively. He also handles the ball well and penetrates to the basket extraordinarily well for his size."
FURY also announced the professional signing of Davidson College point guard Lamar Hull. Lamar was a key reserve on the NCAA Tournament teams coached by renowned coach Bob Mc Killop of Davidson College. Upon the end of his college season, Coach Mc Killop personally called Sean Kilmartin of USA select to discuss his point guards abilities and desires to play professionally in Europe. McKillop said Lamar was one of the finest young men he knows and related several personal stories about Lamar. He then asked coach Kilmartin to personally get involved. After watching Lamar in camp, it was obvious he could help a team.
Lamar, a
native of Maiden, NC, is another in a long line of quality point guards from
Davidson College. As a key reserve, Lamar helped the Wildcats to two very
successful seasons. As a high school player, Lamar averaged 19 points per game
his senior season.
James Bamfield "Lamar will be Following in the footsteps of another Davidson
point guard, Puff Summers who was outstanding for us last season, Lamar will be
asked to lead this team on and off the court."
18/06/07
NEW NAME AND
BIG AMBITIONS
The newly named College of West Anglia Fury have been working hard over the summer in order to establish the club as a division 1 play off contender.
The title change is part of a deal which will see the the college as the training base of the club and a also a team entered into division 4 to provide a performance pathway for talented youngsters. The division 4 side will be based around the college side while also giving more experience to younger members of the senior squad.
The college will also throw it's weight behind the marketing and promotion of the club and to continue the clubs makeover a new logo has been unveiled.
In a related move the Fury have recruited Emerson Westerby from the Lincoln Wildcats. Westerby who was part of the division 2 promotion team has since been running the Lincoln Wildcats set up but has moved over to coordinate the club's junior development programme.
Westerby will still be active as a player with both squads but will be head coach of the division 4 side while also serving as assistant to the division 1 side. Westerby "I am delighted to become part of the Fury establishment, I believe in James's (Bamfield) vision for the club and think we can establish ourselves among the very best in the country. I am keen to continue the ethos of youth development and am interested in recruiting talented young players (16 - 20) for our division 4 programme."
On the player front Fury have confirmed the following re-signings;
Player coach Div 1:
James Bamfield age:28 6ft Guard Former Chester Jets, Sheffield Arrows & Northampton Neptunes.
Player Coach Div 4 & Assistant Div 1:
Emerson Westerby age: 31 6ft Guard Former Nottingham, Hull, Doncaster, Kings Lynn and Lincoln.
Players:
Patrick Manifold age: 21 6ft 8 Forward Product of college programme.
Richard Milbourne age: 21 6ft 3 Guard Former Bath Romans.
James Bamfield "I am very excited as we move towards the new season, the club is on a much sounder footing financially and we have a number of returning talented young players. Patrick and Rich both fit my profile as young, athletic British players who are very coachable.
"They benefited tremendously from being thrown in at the deep end and gained a lot of experience and confidence. I will be trying to tie down 3 or 4 more of last year's team over the coming weeks. We are also looking at 3 - 4 new players from the local area who would give us more depth than last season.
"All our players are improving massively with access to 4 practices per week next season, free gym memberships for all squad members and extra time for individual work we are trying to give our players the best. I can also confirm that we will be again be using USA select to recruit our import players after the success of last year with Lawrence Summers and Hank Rivers.
"I am still looking to add a British or EU player with size at 4/5 and point guard to provide better balance to the squad and will be competing in the Summer jam league on Sundays throughout July. The current squad will be practising for the summer jam on Wednesday and Thursday and any players interested in trying out should email klfury@hotmail.com