{"id":3078,"date":"2016-11-17T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T15:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2017-03-22T14:45:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:45:59","slug":"duncan-lexander-commits-to-presbyterian-for-division-1-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/11\/17\/duncan-lexander-commits-to-presbyterian-for-division-1-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Williston Student Duncan LeXander Signs to Presbyterian College"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duncan LeXander and family members at a signing ceremony on campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duncan LeXander is headed home, or at least back to the region where he spent most of his life. But like most people who go back to where they\u2019re from after being away, LeXander is returning a changed man, a scholar and athlete on a path to personal and professional success.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, November 16, LeXander formally committed to play Division 1 basketball at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. Beginning in the fall, LeXander, a 6\u20198\u201d shooting guard, will suit up for the PC Blue Hose to compete in the NCAA Division 1 Big South Conference. The Blue Hose schedule will see the 18-year-old rising star, decked out in PC\u2019s traditional royal blue and garnet, face off against top-notch competition including Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Boise State, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Presbyterian\u2019s coach is Gregg Nibert; currently in his 26th<\/sup> year in charge of the team, Nibert is the winningest coach in PC program history, with more than 400 wins. As a member of the Big South Conference, Presbyterian is granted an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.<\/p>\n

LeXander spent his childhood in Fairfield Country, Connecticut before moving south to Davidson, North Carolina. He then spent the first three years of high school playing for Wilson High, a public school in Florence, South Carolina. LeXander\u2019s return to his home state, and the South in general after a senior year at the Williston Northampton School has his parents, naturally, swelling with pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re extremely happy and very proud of how hard he\u2019s worked on the court and in the classroom,\u201d said his mother, Karyn LeXander.<\/p>\n

His coach at Williston, Ben Farmer, said he\u2019s \u201cexpecting great things,\u201d from LeXander. Farmer is confident LeXander will be a \u201cleader on and off the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s only fitting that at such a momentous occasion in his life, LeXander, as elegantly outspoken and confident in class as he is on the court, would seize the opportunity to thank those who\u2019ve guided him. LeXander thanked Coach Farmer, Williston\u2019s Athletic Director, Mark Conroy, Head of School Robert Hill, Chris Dietrich, Head of Admissions, all of whom \u201cprovided an incredible opportunity to be a Wildcat.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also thanked Nibert, PC\u2019s coach, who \u201cstood behind me throughout the entire recruitment process.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeXander reserved his highest praise for his family, all of whom were in attendance at the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n

He mentioned how schools began looking at him in 8th<\/sup> grade, but that despite the often hectic recruiting process, his parents, brother, and sister gave him \u201cstability and consistency,\u201d and provided him with a foundation of \u201cconstant love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following his prepared remarks and a photo session with members of the Wildcats team, coaches, family and friends, LeXander reflected on the next step in his journey. Although it\u2019s not exactly a return home, there\u2019s a feel, a mood, a comfort he\u2019s ready to embrace again.<\/p>\n

Though he\u2019s loved his time at Williston so far, LeXander said, \u201ccoming up here made me realize how much I love being in the South and around my family,\u201d \u201cIn a country town,\u201d like Clinton, South Carolina, LeXander said, \u201cI feel like I\u2019m home.\u201d<\/p>\n

See photos of the ceremony here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duncan LeXander is headed home, or at least back to the region where he spent most of his life. But like most people who go back to where they\u2019re from after being away, LeXander is returning a changed man, a scholar and athlete on a path to personal and professional success. On Wednesday, November 16, … Continue reading Williston Student Duncan LeXander Signs to Presbyterian College<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,368,364],"tags":[374,298,373,372],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news","category-college-signings","category-ncaa-commitments","tag-athletic-signings","tag-basketball","tag-division-1","tag-ncaa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}