WITH INTEREST
Here is a list of major schools that have made an offer to Wendell Mitchell:
Georgetown, Oregon, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Maryland, North Carolina St., Wichita St., Memphis
In his current station as star guard for the Trinity Valley Cardinals, Wendell Mitchell wears No. 2. It could metaphorically stand for two—as in second chance.
The former Rockdale star took full advantage of his transfer from Baylor to Trinity Valley this season where he has been named the No. 1 junior college player in the nation by Juco Recruiting.com after leading the Cardinals to the national junior college tournament in Hutchison, Kansas.
After transferring from Baylor after a lack of suffi - cient playing time, Mitchell returned to being the shining star he was in high school where he was named the Class 3A player of the year with some impressive results.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound combination guard lit the Juco world up, averaging 22 points, 6.5 assists and 5.9 rebounds a game, while shooting an impressive 48.9 percent from the fi eld and—always an excellent free throw shooter—83.8 percent from the stripe.
Now, Trinity Valley was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by Eastern Florida State College in a heartbreaking 85-80 setback in a contest in which they held a halftime lead. Mitchell certainly did his part, with 28 points, six treys, fi ve boards, four assists and two steals.
For his effort—including 24 points in the Cardinals 100-54 opening round victory over Baltimore City Community College—Mitchell was named to the all-tournament team
Juco power South Plains College—home to Sheryl Swoopes—ended up taking the title over Southern Idaho.
Trinity Valley fi nished 30-6 on the year and was ranked No. 5 in the nation heading into the tourna-
Tiger golfers second at Brenham Tournament
BRENHAM—The Rock-dale boys golf team placed second to the Woodlands at the Brenham Varsity tournament.
They lost by one shot to the Class 6A The Woodlands as Ross Loth tied for first place with a 79.
Brady Nelson followed with an 81, Walker Crane 88, Brayden Burns 84, Gunner Miller 99 and Doss Hasselbach 100
“The boys played very well on the course, they will play Regionals at, if we advance out of district,” said Rockdale Coach Chris Joslin. “This was a big school tournament and very proud of how our boys practiced and prepared this week to get ready for the upcoming part of our schedule.”
District play begins April in College Station. ment and were certainly one of the favorites.
Because of Mitchell’s success, he is basically going through the recruiting process all over again when he was offered a scholarship by most of the major college programs out of high school.
They have come calling again.
They include Georgetown, Oregon, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Maryland, North Carolina St., Wichita St and Memphis—among others. All NCAA Tournament regulars. He has yet narrowed it down to a manageable list.
Mitchell will choose carefully, he doesn’t want to make a Baylor-sized mistake again.
Mitchell played sparingly at Baylor after redshirting his freshman year with an injury.
At Rockdale, Mitchell was named the Class 3A player of the year in 2015 after leading the 28-6 Tigers to the regional tournament for the fi rst time in decades and leading the state in scoring with 1,010 points and averaging just under 30 points a game.
The high-fl ying Mitchell set a school record with 3,144 career points and broke Clyde Luetge’s 51-year-old single-game scoring mark with 54 points against Brazos Christian. He scored over 50 points three times.
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