Mars guard Lauren Wasylson commits to Xavier
ADAMS TWP — Lauren Wasylson knows the exact time she decided her future.
“It was 10:22 p.m.,” Wasylson said.
That's when the senior guard/forward on the Mars girls basketball team said the words to a college basketball coach that she had been dreaming about most of her life.
“I want to play the next four years for you,” Wasylson said to Xavier University women's basketball coach Brian Neal. “I want to be a Musketeer.”
Wasylson, who averaged 16 points, 6.2 rebounds and shot 90 percent from the free-throw line last winter as a junior for the Planets, received offers from 23 schools — most from Division I programs.
Thursday night, she decided on Xavier, which checked off all the boxes in Wasylson's pro column.
The 6-foot swing player will major in business, and Xavier has a strong program.
She was also excited by the Musketeers growing profile in the Big East.
Xavier went 12-18 last season, but has a roster loaded with young talent.
Wasylson is hoping to make that roster even more potent.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
