| Baumann Named to Preseason League Second-Team |
| Thursday, October 23 2003 |
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| Indianapolis, Ind. -- Senior center Adam Baumann represented the Youngstown State men's basketball team on the preseason All-Horizon League Team, which was released by the League office on Thursday. Baumann was a second-team selection marking the first time since joining the league that YSU has had a player named to the preseason team. Baumann, a native of Scottsdale, Ariz., averaged 11.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game last year. He joins UIC's Armond Williams, Detroit's Elijah Warren, Wright State's Vernard Hollins and Butler's Mike Monzerez on the second-team. First-team all-league selections were UIC's Cedrick Banks and Martell Bailey, Wright State's Seth Doliboa, Loyola's Paul McMillen and UW-Milwaukee's Dylan Page. Banks was named the league's preseason Player of the Year. In the balloting for the league's preseason poll, the Penguins were picked eighth out of the nine-school conference. UIC earned 32 of a possible 35 first-place votes and was tabbed as the front-runner to win the league. UW-Milwaukee was second, just one point ahead of third-place Butler. Detroit was fourth, followed by Wright State, UW-Green Bay, YSU and Cleveland State. YSU plays its first exhibition game on Monday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. against the 320 All Stars. |
| Canadian Hoopster Colin Laforme To Play for Youngstown State |
| Friday, October 17 2003 |
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| From insiders.com: Youngstown State head coach John Robic knew who his man was. Robic followed around the Ontario Cyclones AAU team in July at the Big Time and his diligence has paid off. Colin Laforme It’s cool to recruit in Canada these days. Prospects from the north seem to be committing at a pretty good pace this fall. The latest is 6-9 power forward Colin Laforme. Laforme, a standout from Westdale High in Hamilton, Ontario, picked the Penguins over Toledo, Cleveland State and American, according to Lorne Clark of Hooprecruits.ca. “Colin is best described as a face up forward,” Clark said. “He has a very good skill level and a great understanding of the game. He possesses a lot of perimeter skills and can really shoot it from the outside. “He should be an impact player down the road for Coach Robic.” After a nice outing with the Ontario Cyclones, we gave Laforme the highest mid-major rating possible. YSU landed itself a fine recruit in Laforme. |