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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Henton wants to be part of UD atmosphere
LaDontae Henton wasn’t sold on Dayton after watching the Flyers play in person. But he certainly moved UD up the list of schools pursuing him after sitting among a crowd of 13,000 at UD Arena last season.
“I love the atmosphere,” Henton said. “I love the fans. They’re crazy for the Dayton Flyers.”
Henton, a 6-foot-6 forward from Lansing Eastern High School, made a decision today that could eventually make them even more crazed.
He became the second (and final) member of the Flyers’ 2011 recruiting class, joining Detroit product Percy Gibson.
“That’s my guy,” Henton said of the 6-foot-8, 240-pound Gibson. “It’s going to be fun playing with a big, strong athletic guy like him.”
Lansing Eastern coach Rod Watts talked about Henton’s struggles academically as a sophomore and said how some schools backed away because of concerns about whether he’d qualify. Not Dayton.
“He wanted to be a Flyer,” Watts said.
Asked why, Watts mentioned UD coach Brian Gregory and assistant Cornell Mann: “It was just the relationships he had with coach Gregory and coach Mann. And guys like Chris Wright. LaDontae knows he won’t be there to play with Chris, but they have a special relationship. Devin Oliver also was on the same AAU team.
“But what really, really tipped it was Dayton just hung in there and recruited him very hard. He had a stretch of bad grades, and some schools didn’t think he would pull it together. But Dayton hung in there, and LaDontae made it.”
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Flyers land another Michigan recruit
LaDontae Henton, a 6-foot-6 wing from Lansing, Mich., has made a verbal commitment to Dayton, filling out the two-player 2011 recruiting class.
Henton had more than a dozen scholarship offers and picked the Flyers over Penn State, Utah and others. He’s a three-time Michigan Class A (big school) all-state player and averaged 26.8 points and 15 rebounds per game last season for Lansing Eastern High School.
He joins 6-8 post player Percy Gibson of Detroit in the ‘11 class.
