Tayler Persons has signed with Netherlands basketball team
Jul 19, 2019 14:35:22 GMT -6
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Post by bsu73 on Jul 19, 2019 14:35:22 GMT -6
Persons signs with Dutch hoops team
Kokomo native and former Wildkat and Ball State basketball standout Tayler Persons has signed with Netherlands basketball team ZZ Leiden. The team announced the news on Twitter Wednesday morning and Persons re-tweeted the post, adding "officially a professional athlete, excited to start my career in Leiden, Netherlands."
ZZ Leiden plays in the top division of the Dutch Basketball League.
"With Tayler Persons we are taking a first step to build our new team for the coming year," ZZ Leiden coach Rolf Franke said in an article on the team's website. The quote was translated from Dutch. “Persons demonstrated in college that he could score, pass and defend. We selected him for that."
Persons, a 2014 Kokomo High School grad, averaged a team-high 16.7 points and 4.3 assists as a senior guard for Ball State last season.
Kokomo native and former Wildkat and Ball State basketball standout Tayler Persons has signed with Netherlands basketball team ZZ Leiden. The team announced the news on Twitter Wednesday morning and Persons re-tweeted the post, adding "officially a professional athlete, excited to start my career in Leiden, Netherlands."
ZZ Leiden plays in the top division of the Dutch Basketball League.
"With Tayler Persons we are taking a first step to build our new team for the coming year," ZZ Leiden coach Rolf Franke said in an article on the team's website. The quote was translated from Dutch. “Persons demonstrated in college that he could score, pass and defend. We selected him for that."
Persons, a 2014 Kokomo High School grad, averaged a team-high 16.7 points and 4.3 assists as a senior guard for Ball State last season.
