Brigham Waginger selected Captain for 08-09 Catamounts.

[TPAA]

Brigham Waginger has been selected by coach Larry Hunter as one of three Tri-Captains for the 08-09 Western Carolina Catamounts.
Hunter Stated :
"We will spend a lot of time on some of our fundamental work; our footwork and pivoting, passing angles, defensive stance and block-out assignments and some of our general offensive fundamentals. That will take a good hour each session. We do that just to get guys back and establishing good fundamental habits. Then we will start building both our man-to-man defensive package and building our offensive schemes," said Hunter.

In a twist for this season, Hunter stated that he had already named captains for his team prior to the full squad officially stepping foot on the court together. Juniors Brigham Waginger, Jake Robinson and Brandon Giles were dubbed leaders both on and off the court.

"It's been a while since I have named captains prior to a season starting," Hunter explained. "But we made a decision back during the summer, even before school started, that we had three guys from our first recruiting class that are now juniors. And without question, they are the leaders of our program. They are veterans and are really good people and are very responsible. They've done a terrific job here in the fall in helping our guys bond together as a team."

Giles, an All-Southern Conference selection a season ago, is WCU's leading returning scorer after averaging a team-best 15.3 points per game. He is a long, athletic guard that has the ability to score from anywhere on the floor. His classmate, Robinson, was the only other Catamount to average double-digit scoring a season ago at 10.3 points per game. The sharp-shooting forward from Canton, N.C., enters his third season already ranked eighth on both the career 3-pointers made (134) and career 3-pointers attempted (352) charts.

Waginger, a scrappy, hard-nosed guard, is coming off a banner season defensively. His 69 steals last season not only ranked as the second-best, single-season in school history, but also helped him lead the Southern Conference and ranked 23rd nationally at 2.23 steals per game average.




Here is the link to the full Western press release:

http://catamountsports.cstv.com/sports/ ... 08aaa.html

[Burg_Grad_77]

That's just awesome and couldn't happen to better person. I'm sure it was a well deserved honor.

All of southern Ohio should be proud of this young man for his endeavors both on and off the court.

Congrats Brigham!!!!!

[BlindWhiteHat]

He played on the South Webster state championship team.

[BubbleGumTiger]

Congrats Brig and good luck this year.......I know Grampa Andy is up there watching over you.........

[ItownHosscat]

Way to go Brig!!!
It things like this that if you know Brigham on a personal level,it really doesnt surprize you.

[ohbuckeye2]

Congrats Brigham,

Well deserved, keep up the hard work.

He also played on the Ironton team that almost upset North Cllege Hill (Mayo, Walker and company) for the D3 State Championship.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

congratulations to a great family.

[PLEASANTFLYER]

Great to hear. Congrats to Brigham he's a great guy and his work ethic continues to pay off.

[Pocket Aces]

Congratulations on a well-earned honor!

Good kid.....I truly regret (and am sorry for) ever saying/typing one bad word about the young man.

I look forward to seeing him patrol the sidelines for a college hoops team one day. He'll be a good one!

[Mad-Dogg]

Way to go Brig!!!
It things like this that if you know Brigham on a personal level,it really doesnt surprize you.

i agree. brig is a excellant athlete and also a excellant student. congrats to brig and best of luck this year

[Mouth's Better Half]

Oh course he was selected team captain! Congratulations Brigham, I hope to get to a game this year and see you running the floor!

[RiverRatRay]

No surprise to me whatsoever. Great young man with a tremendous ability. Best of luck to Brig and Go Catamounts!