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Britt basketball star signs with N.C. State(Fayetteville Observer, The (Fayetteville, NC) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Nov. 15--The wait is finally over for Jack Britt's C.J. Williams. Now he's officially the recruiting property of N.C. State's basketball program. Williams, who had committed to play for the Wolfpack last November, completed the promise Wednesday as he signed a national letter-of-intent confirming his choice. "It's a great feeling to just get the burden off you of people asking if you're going to stay with State,'' he said. "I feel more at home now.'' Williams said he had no concerns the Wolfpack would recruit too many players at his position when he committed to them so early. "Coach (Sidney) Lowe is a man of his word,'' Williams said. Williams said knowing he's signed will take a lot of pressure off him during his senior year at Jack Britt. "If I were unsigned, I'd feel I had to go out and prove myself to college coaches,'' he said. Williams led Cumberland County in scoring last year with 24.2 points per game. He hit 39 3-point shots and was second in rebounding with 9.5 per game. He could play either guard or small forward for the Wolfpack. He said Lowe told him during his in-home visit he might play some point guard. Williams was one of a number of Cumberland County athletes who signed letters Wednesday. Others plan to make their commitments official today. -- Louis Craft, Williams' teammate at Jack Britt, also signed a national letter Wednesday to attend North Carolina A&T. Craft, a 6-foot-8 senior, averaged 3.3 rebounds per game for Britt last season. -- South View's Manny Beltran signed to play baseball for North Carolina A&T. Beltran had three doubles and a homer for the Tigers last season. He scored 20 runs and drove in five. -- Jack Britt High School had a pair of baseball players signing, Austin Sandy and James McKnight. Sandy signed with UNC-Wilmington and McKnight with North Carolina A&T. Sandy batted .333 for the Buccaneers with one double and 15 RBI's. Sandy was a first team All-Mid-Southeastern 4-A Conference selection. McKnight was 1-1 as a pitcher with an earned run average of 3.89. He struck out 15 batters. -- Village Christian Academy will have two players signing today, but one won't be going with the school she previously had chosen. Village athletic director Harold Morrison Jr. said basketball standout Tawatha Tucker will not follow through on a prior commitment to Old Dominion and will instead sign with South Florida. Tucker, a 6-2 senior, averaged 18.5 points and nine rebounds per game last season. Morrison said Tyree Graham is expected to sign with Texas Tech as previously announced. Graham, who arrived at Village Christian this season, had already turned down scholarship offers from South Carolina, Baylor, Kansas State, East Carolina and UNC-Wilmington. Scholastic sports editor Earl Vaughan Jr. can be reached at [email protected] or 486-3519. To see more of The Fayetteville Observer, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.fayettevillenc.com/. Copyright (c) 2007, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |