PIKEVILLE, Ky. – A highly-decorated player from Perry County will join the Pikeville College men’s basketball program next year. In doing so, he’ll be reunited with his brother.
Josh Whitaker, a 6-0 guard from Hazard High School, signed today to play for the Bears. There, he’ll join his brother Ryan, who will be a senior next season.
Whitaker was the 14th Region MVP and a member of last season’s Kentucky Junior All-Stars. He was named to the 14th Region All-Tournament team three times, was twice honored on the All “A” Classic all-tournament team and was on the Sweet 16 All-Tournament team in 2008.
In his career, Josh scored 1,957 points, handed out 520 assists, had 375 steals and 325 rebounds.
“Obviously, Josh’s stats speak for themselves,” said Coach Kelly Wells. “He’s a solid player who we believe will develop into a nice college basketball player. We also are happy to bring Josh here because he comes from a tremendous family with whom we already have a very good relationship. There are a lot of positives about bringing someone like Josh Whitaker to the program.”
Josh brings the same type of hard-nosed savvy to the team as his brother, who provided a tremendous defensive presence to the Bears this season. In addition to his abilities on the defensive end, Ryan averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 87.5 percent from the free throw line and sinking 15 three-point shots.
Josh Whitaker was a four-time WYMT Classic all-tournament team player and is second on the all-time scoring list amongst players in that event. He led the Bulldogs to back-to-back 14th Region titles as a sophomore and junior.
Source: Pikeville College
Josh Whitaker, a 6-0 guard from Hazard High School, signed today to play for the Bears. There, he’ll join his brother Ryan, who will be a senior next season.
Whitaker was the 14th Region MVP and a member of last season’s Kentucky Junior All-Stars. He was named to the 14th Region All-Tournament team three times, was twice honored on the All “A” Classic all-tournament team and was on the Sweet 16 All-Tournament team in 2008.
In his career, Josh scored 1,957 points, handed out 520 assists, had 375 steals and 325 rebounds.
“Obviously, Josh’s stats speak for themselves,” said Coach Kelly Wells. “He’s a solid player who we believe will develop into a nice college basketball player. We also are happy to bring Josh here because he comes from a tremendous family with whom we already have a very good relationship. There are a lot of positives about bringing someone like Josh Whitaker to the program.”
Josh brings the same type of hard-nosed savvy to the team as his brother, who provided a tremendous defensive presence to the Bears this season. In addition to his abilities on the defensive end, Ryan averaged 3.9 points and 2.6 rebounds while shooting 87.5 percent from the free throw line and sinking 15 three-point shots.
Josh Whitaker was a four-time WYMT Classic all-tournament team player and is second on the all-time scoring list amongst players in that event. He led the Bulldogs to back-to-back 14th Region titles as a sophomore and junior.
Source: Pikeville College
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