MBB: Slater rounds out early signees for Green Wave
Nov 18, 2015 | Men's Basketball
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane head men's basketball coach Ed Conroy has announced the signing of Colin Slater to a National Letter of Intent Wednesday morning. Slater joins Maxwell Starwood and Justin Moore as a trio of early signees for the Green Wave.
"Colin is a leader on and off the floor; he is a competitor in every aspect of the game," Conroy said about Slater. "His winning mentality allows him to adjust to the game in numerous ways and score and lead his team. Colin is originally from New Orleans and is looking forward to being back amongst family and friends. We have recruited Colin for several years because we identified him early as a guy that would really thrive in our program and help us bring championships to Tulane."
Slater is a three-star recruit according to Rivals.com and 247sports, hailing from Fresno, California. The 6-0, 185lb, guard helped his Immanuel High School team to a 30-3 record as junior, reaching the Elite Eight of the state tournament. Slater helped his team to back-to-back section and league championships as a sophomore and junior. Last season Slater went off to score 52 points in a game, also adding 12 assists, en-route to a school-record 688 points on the year. As a junior, Slater earned CSL Conference MVP as well as co-player of the year honors. He was named First Team All-State by CIF and Cal Hi-Sports.
"I love the competitiveness, skill and athleticism of the class we are putting together," Conroy said of the trio. "We are successfully adding the right pieces to complement and enhance our last two classes. This group will have an immediate impact and when you put them with our current sophomore class of Cameron Reynolds and Dylan Osetkowski and the freshmen class we currently have, I feel we put ourselves in position with successive recruiting to compete not only with the best in the American Athletic Conference, but also the best teams in the country. I look forward as I know our fans do to seeing this group grow and develop over the coming years."
