Youngstown State men's basketball Head Coach Jerrod Calhoun met with the local media and discussed his inaugural signing class and recruiting on Tuesday afternoon.
Below is a brief synopsis of each member of the 2017-18 Youngstown State recruiting class:
Michael Akuchie
6-8 • Fr • F • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game last season.
• Named Miami Herald All-Broward County Second-Team
• Shot 40 percent from 3-point range.
• Finished with a 4.2 grade-point average.
Noe Anabir
6-8 • Jr • F • Geneva, Switzerland
• Averaged 8.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 58 percent at Mesa Community College.
• Shot 52.3 percent and averaged 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds per game at Kansas Technical College.
Naz Bohannon
6-6 • Fr • F • Lorain, Ohio
• Associated Press All-Ohio First-Team selection.
• Named Lorain County's Mr. Basketball after averaging 17 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
• Led Lorain to a 23-3 record.
• Lorain's all-time leading scorer with 1,345 career points with 863 career rebounds.
• Guided Lorain to a three-year mark of 69-8.
Jacob Brown
6-9 • Fr • F • Clemmons, N.C.
• Averaged 16.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game last season at Forest Hill Academy.
• Named to the Triad High School All-Star Classic.
• Posted 15.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game as a junior at Calvary Day High School.
• Averaged 18.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game at Winston-Salem Christian High School as a sophomore.
Garrett Covington
6-5 • Fr • G/F • Carmel, Ind.
• Led Don Bosco Prep to a 19-6 record in 2016-17.
• Averaged 15 points, six rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.
• Shot 49 percent from the field and 82 percent from the free-throw line.
• Averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game during his time at Carmel High School.
Devin Morgan
5-10 • Jr • G • Chester, Va.
• Transfer from Delaware State and required to sit out the 2017-18 season to fulfill NCAA transfer requirements.
• Will have two years of eligibility remaining.
• Named All-MEAC Third-Team in 2016-17 after averaging 14.4 points and 3.3 assists per game.
• Ranked eighth in assists per game, second in free-throw percentage (.894) and third in 3-pointers made per game (2.7).
• He made 86 3-pointers last season, which rank fourth on the school's single-season list.
• Named the MEAC Rookie of the Year and led the Hornets in scoring with 12.2 points per game.
• He also posted 2.7 assists per game and made 70 3-pointers.
• In two seasons at Delaware State, Morgan scored 833 points in 63 games for an average of 13.2 points per game and made 156 3-pointers.
Tyree Robinson
6-5 • Jr • F • Fall River, Mass.
• Spent two seasons at Odessa (Texas) Junior College.
• Scored 410 points for an average of 12.8 points per game and posted seven rebounds per contest.
• Connected on 66 percent of his field-goal attempts, scored in double figures 23 times and had at least 20 points three times last season.
• As a freshman, Robinson shot 70.4 percent from the field and averaged 6.3 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
• During his time at Odessa, Robinson made 75.8 percent of his free-throw attempts as a freshman and 72.2 percent as a sophomore.
Alex Wilbourn
6-11 • Jr • C • San Diego, Calif.
• Played two seasons at San Diego City College and scored 574 points and grabbed 351 rebounds with 62 blocks.
• Last season, he averaged 8.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 51.1 percent from the field and collecting 38 blocks.
• As a freshman, Wilbourn scored 8.9 points per game with six rebounds per contest and shot 48.9 percent from the field.