DRUMMONDOkay. — Irony flowed as Drummond's Tyler Norris signed with Southwestern Christian College's NAIA basketball group.
Girl Bulldogs coach Kylie Vestal coached her pupil at Bethany Excessive Faculty underneath present SCU coach Quinn Wooldridge, who returned to second place final summer time.
Vestal, whose brother Kolby performs for the Eagles, beneficial Norris to Wooldridge. Norris performed towards Kolby — a Pioneer product — as a freshman.
“It's a small world,” Wooldridge stated. “It's humorous how that works.
Kolby instructed Norris good issues about Wooldridge and the varsity. Norris was bought after visiting the campus.
“It's the one faculty I've thought-about,” he stated. “Once I was there, I knew I needed to go there. It's nice. It has all the time been my dream to play on the subsequent stage. I favored the campus and the gamers and the way small a faculty it’s … it's quite a bit like Drummond.”
The college being solely an hour or so away was a promoting level. Wooldridge stated one in all his recruiting factors concerning the faculty is that it's small, however being within the Oklahoma Metropolis space has its perks when it comes to leisure.
Norris helped Drummond to its first ever back-to-back state tournaments. He averaged 10.6 factors per recreation as a senior and had 1,062 profession factors.
“I believe my taking pictures is one thing I may help them with,” Norris stated.
Norris stated he must regulate to the dimensions and pace of NAIA basketball
“I'm going to should work exhausting if I need to play,” Norris stated. “It's a distinct stage.
Norris will look to assist flip round a program that went 1-23 final season.
“I like that he's in a position to shoot and rating,” Wooldridge stated. “He's going to have to regulate to the dimensions and pace on the subsequent stage, however that's the case with all people.”
Each Norris and Wooldridge stated the Bulldog star matches Wooldridge's fast-paced offense.
“I like that he's a shooter and he can rating,” Wooldridge stated. “That's what we need to do as a program. Everybody has area to work the place they’ll shoot or go the ball and be sensible with it.”
“I actually like Coach Wooldridge,” Norris stated. “I felt snug round him.
Norris stated he plans to check accounting and was bought on the school's religious beliefs.
“I'm a believer,” he stated.
Norris is the primary participant in Bulldogs coach Brady Kokojan's three-year tenure to earn a school scholarship.
“That is nice for our program,” Kokojan stated. “I don't suppose anybody would have finished it higher than Tyler. I believe he’ll do nice there. He's an important child and he's going to thrive due to it. It was an honor to educate him and I want him nothing however one of the best.”
Norris stated he has quite a lot of assist in Drummond.
“I wish to thank God, my mother and father, Coach Okay and all my coaches and teammates for serving to me,” he stated.
