2013-2014 Class

[Sylvergunsuperman]

Felix Von Hofe will join the Eagles and two other Ausies next fall
Australian forward Felix Von Hofe will join the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team next fall after a highly-successful career in his home country, Eastern head coach Jim Hayford has announced.

“Felix is a great shooter and solid all-around player,” said Hayford. “He has competed at the highest level for his country and is the most acclaimed international recruit we have signed. He is an excellent student and will be a great addition to our campus community.”

The 6-foot-5 Von Hofe (pronounced “Hoff”) is from Melbourne and is currently attending the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. He graduated from Wesley College in 2012, and played for the Wesley College Firsts Basketball Team from 2010 to 2012. In his final year at Wesley, he averaged 24 points and seven rebounds per game.

Felix also played for the Melbourne Tigers, which won the McDonald's National Junior Classic Tournament and the Victorian Junior Championship in both 2010 and 2011.

He played for the Australia U17 National Team, which won the silver medal at the 2012 World U17 Championships held in Kaunas, Lithuania. He scored six points in a 95-62 championship game loss on July 8, 2012, to the United States.

Most recently, he was selected to tour China with the Australia U19 team. Additionally, Von Hofe was selected for the Victorian State U16, U18 and U20 teams in 2010, 2011 and 2013, respectively.

Von Hofe will join a pair of fellow Australians already in the Eastern program. Venky Jois (Boronia) was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in the 2012-13 season, and Daniel Hill (Sydney) played valuable minutes off the bench as a freshman point guard. Jordan Hickert (Bunbury) was a senior on that squad.

Eastern expects to sign more players during the spring signing period which began on Wednesday (April 17).

 

[clawman1]

Has Sir Washington signed?

 

[Sylvergunsuperman]

Has Sir Washington signed?

I haven't seen anything official yet. I think he verbaly commited in the early session, but hasn't signed a LOI yet. The deadline for that is May 15th

 

[Sylvergunsuperman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPWJbEnqeAU

Favorite NBA player is Ron Artest, because he plays with fire. I like this kid already. Not because of the Artest part, 'cause of the fire part.

 

[Sylvergunsuperman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kLC5aRDuBo

Von Hoffe is #15 in green

 

[GoldenEagle]

Looks like Felix has a smooth shot with range.

 

[CouvEagle]

I thought I read in a Spokesman article that Sir Washington actually signed a letter of intent in the fall cycle. If that's the case then he's on board. But I also think it's weird that he isn't mentioned in the article with Von Hofe as part of the 2013 class, so I guess we'll have to see.

 

[EWURanger]

So that is two so far in this class?

 

[clawman1]

I thought I read in a Spokesman article that Sir Washington actually signed a letter of intent in the fall cycle. If that's the case then he's on board. But I also think it's weird that he isn't mentioned in the article with Von Hofe as part of the 2013 class, so I guess we'll have to see.

I think I read that was a verbal commit and he had withdrawn that after receiving interest from several other D1 schools.
LOI commitments could not be signed until last week.

 

[fccubed]

From goeags.com

Eagles Sign Two More Men’s Basketball Players
Playing for highly-successful teams, Drew Brandon and Ognjen Miljkovic added to Jim Hayford’s recruiting class
Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford has added to his 2013 recruiting class by signing junior college point guard Drew Brandon and 6-foot-7 forward Ognjen Miljkovic from Bishop Montgomery High School in California to letters of intent to attend EWU and play for the Eagles next year.

The 6-foot-3 Brandon played for Sierra College in Rocklin, Calif., and is originally from Corona, Calif., where he attended Santiago High School. In his second year at Sierra, the Wolverines finished 19-8. He had a 38-point performance last January to help him earn player of the month accolades among all California junior colleges.

“We are really excited to sign Drew,” said Hayford. “We feel like he is one of the top junior college point guards on the West Coast. He came from a very successful program at Sierra College with an outstanding coach I have known for 20 years, John Fusano. He raves about Drew’s ability. What impresses us the most is that he is a three-dimensional player, meaning he can shoot the ball, he can drive the ball and he can pass the ball. He gives us great size in the point guard position.”

Miljkovic is from Belgrade, Serbia, but played his last two years at Bishop Montgomery, which was 33-2 overall in the 2012-13 season and was at one point ranked No. 8 nationally. His first name is pronounced “Ahg-nehn” and his last name is pronounced “Meal-ko-vich.” Although they never played together, Eastern guard Tyler Harvey also played for Bishop Montgomery, which had four players from this year’s team sign with NCAA Division I schools.

“Ognjen joins us after two years at one of the top high school programs in California at Bishop Montgomery High School,” Hayford said. “He played for coach Doug Mitchell, who is an outstanding coach. It is the same program we were able to recruit Tyler Harvey from. We feel he is the type of player that will fit very well in our system. He is a big man who can shoot the three-point shot, but he has multiple offensive skills. Ognjen had a number of options of schools he could have chosen from, and we are really excited he selected Eastern Washington.”

Previously signed high school players by the Eagles include Australian forward Felix Von Hofe and guard Sir Washington from Las Vegas, Nev.

“When you look at this class as a whole with Sir Washington and Felix Von Hofe, I feel like we have added the next layer of the base that we needed to have,” added Hayford, who is entering his third year at the helm. “That base will enable our program to sustain success year-to-year.”

 

[Sylvergunsuperman]

Looks like we are adding some size. :thumb: