West Liberty Hilltopper Basketball

[Columbuseer]

FYI
ran across this interview with Aiden Satterfield, about 4 months before he committed to WLU.
quick read. Interesting to see other schools that had expressed some interest.
https://www.bigshots.net/news_article/show/1104807

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
Here is video interview with Dalton Bolon by a member of selection committee who selected Dalton as
academic all American of the. Year. Dalton gives many compliments to west liberty.
He takes a long term view of goals, for many players would have returned for another year just to score the 50 points needed to become the all-time leading career scorer in wlu history. Very mature, goal-oriented young man.

https://youtu.be/oECEB47Pblk

[Columbuseer]

Austin Webb, wlu signee, spoke at high school commencement as the valedictorian at south point high school, Ohio.
Congratulations Austin!
Very impressive!
scroll to photo #3
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/mult...d51785383.html

[Columbuseer]

Congratulations Dalton Bolon!


https://hilltoppersports.com/news/20...ear-award.aspx


West Liberty University graduate Dalton Bolonone men's basketball player is selected each year!

Bolon is the secondDivision II, Division III, NAIA and junior-college basketball.

For 9 consecutive years wlu has had an academic all American in men's basketball (Only 15 chosen nationwide annually). Impressive!

[Columbuseer]

Speaking of the Pistol ... just watched the movie last night. Never gets old.

What a player. Avg 44pts in college career without the three. Had there been a three it would have been 56pts.
he and Dr j were good friends
https://youtu.be/E4mZdxdtMjk



https://www.si.com/nba/2013/11/22/co...-pete-maravich

Twenty greatest plays
https://youtu.be/f0BCvV0oX9o

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Lol. Good one! Olsh might be building one too lol! He never lost at home. I watched some of the olsh games and he is very intense. Motor is at 100% until final second, regardless of the score. Hard to relate if you have not watched him in action. He had announcers marveling in amazement at the intensity. Very long arms and very quick hands ( probably from boxing background). Purportedly Played state tourney with plantar fasciitis, which is incredibly painful to walk (personal experience). He might have to redshirt just due a backlog of great players. But they had better come ready to compete! Might not be enough minutes (Bolon redshirted). He might have to tone down some of his maravich-like underhand length of court throws, hitting covered guys in the hands. Might not work at this level.

Speaking of the Pistol ... just watched the movie last night. Never gets old.

[Columbuseer]

You may have a statue of this kid built before his first practice. Lol.

Lol. Good one! Olsh might be building one too lol! He never lost at home. I watched some of the olsh games and he is very intense. Motor is at 100% until final second, regardless of the score. Hard to relate if you have not watched him in action. He had announcers marveling in amazement at the intensity. Very long arms and very quick hands ( probably from boxing background). Purportedly Played state tourney with plantar fasciitis, which is incredibly painful to walk (personal experience). He might have to redshirt just due a backlog of great players. But they had better come ready to compete! Might not be enough minutes (Bolon redshirted). He might have to tone down some of his maravich-like underhand length of court throws, hitting covered guys in the hands. Might not work at this level.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Fyi
article on Dante Spadafora named all state.
he made all state all four years.
he was first team his jr. and sr. year.
scored over 1,700 points even though he unselfishly distributed the ball as the point guard.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202004270071

You may have a statue of this kid built before his first practice. Lol.

[Columbuseer]

Fyi
article on Dante Spadafora named all state.
he made all state all four years.
he was first team his jr. and sr. year.
scored over 1,700 points even though he unselfishly distributed the ball as the point guard.

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...s/202004270071

[Columbuseer]

Great interview with Aiden Satterfield about a week ago before a wv all star game.
what a mature, thoughtful, and humble young man!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_agOms...ature=youtu.be

[Columbuseer]

Aiden Satterfield first team AA all state!



https://wvmetronews.com/2021/05/19/e...ll-state-team/

[Columbuseer]

Seger Bonifant named AD at his high school alma https://twitter.com/hilandhigh/statu...381702657?s=21

Great news!
Segar is still mentioned in NCAA D2 all-time records ( BTW west liberty is mentioned >`30 times in the records)

All-time NCAA D2 Records


Three point FG % Career

(Min. 200 made)Three point FG % in 2015 season

#1 in 2015 season Seger Bonifant, West Liberty 32 games, made 117 of 224 52.2%


Three point FG Made Career

#14 Seger Bonifant, West Liberty 2013-16 137 games, made 374 three point FG

[Layton]

Seger Bonifant named AD at his high school alma https://twitter.com/hilandhigh/statu...381702657?s=21

[Columbuseer]

FYI
looks like Dante Spadafora is also a physically strong PG
first team all state PA in 2A

https://mobile.twitter.com/OLSH_Hoop...023872/photo/1

here is writeup and photos from roundball classic, all of Pittsburgh. Fab 5 played.
photos of dante spadafora from game
https://www.timesonline.com/story/sp...ls/5084875001/

[Columbuseer]

FYI
in PA roundball classic featuring 2A all stars versus 3A all stars in WPIAL, Dante Spadafora was MVP in the 2A 112-98 victory