According to The Seattle Times, the Huskies have added guard Hameir Wright out of Albany New York. Wright is a consensus four-star prospect from Albany. He is ranked 72nd nationally by Rivals, 80th by ESPN and 89th by Scout among 2018 prospects.
“I am honored to announce my commitment to Coach Hop and the University of Washington,” Wright posted on his Twitter account along with pictures of him wearing a No. 24 purple UW jersey and posing with the Husky coaching staff.
Wright is a 6’8, 205-pound small forward. Percy Allen for the Times reports that Wright had intended to play for Brewster Academy in New Hampshire next season. Instead, Wright chose to reclassify and will be eligible in 2017-2018 to play for the Huskies. Wright also reported received offers from Villanova, Maryland, Michigan State, Miami and Syracuse, which is where coach Mike Hopkins was an assistant coach for 21 years before being hired at UW.
(KPUG Newsroom with information from The Seattle Times)
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Coach Hopkins also added Nahziah Carter to the class of 2017. Hopkins announced today that Carter will join the program and enroll in classes this summer with the Huskies.
Originally from Rochester, New York, Carter is a 6-6, 185-pound shooting guard/small forward who was ranked 29th in the country at the shooting guard by Scout.com. He is also the No. 2 SG from the state of New York in the Class of 2017.
Carter attended Bishop Kearney High School and was coached by Kevin Goode. After averaging 15.1 points per game as a junior, Carter improved on that during his final season as he put up 19.1 ppg and added 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists.
He will join Michael Carter III, Jaylen Nowell and Nate Pryor for the Class of 2017.
(University of Washington Athletics)