Brigham Waginger selected Captain for 08-09 Catamounts.
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:30 am
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
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
