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Cougars Sign Zeeland West Basketball
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written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (5-28-2010) - The Mount
Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball
team has added an important recruit for the
2010-2011 season as Austin Semple has signed
a letter of intent to continue his education
at MVNU and play for the Cougars.
 Semple,
a 6-foot-6 wing/forward from Zeeland,
Michigan, averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds
per game as a senior at Zeeland West High
School. He finished as Zeeland West’s career
leader in points and rebounds and was a
two-time All-Conference First Team and team
Most Valuable Player selection as well as
earning a spot on the Holland Sentinel
All-Area First Team. He was also a Michigan
nominee for the 2010 McDonald’s All-America
game. He was ranked as the No. 10 player in
the state of Michigan at the wing/forward
position by John Stovall’s Prep Spotlight
Scouting.
"We have been very blessed to add such
diversity to our recruiting class for this
upcoming year and the addition of Austin
truly shows the depth,” said MVNU coach Matt
Moore, who will be entering his second
season with the Cougars next fall. "I am so
anxious to begin working with him because of
his ability to play the game of basketball
with such a high level of intensity and
understanding. He will be able to play
anywhere from the shooting guard position to
the power forward and has such great length
for a basketball player. He is an
outstanding student (3.75 grade point
average) and will be a powerful addition to
our campus.”
In addition to playing basketball at Zeeland
West, Semple was a member of the successful
West Michigan Lakers and Courthouse Kings
AAU teams. He also coached community
recreation league fourth and fifth grade
boys basketball teams and plans to become a
math teacher.
MVNU finished the 2009-2010 season with a
13-16 overall record. Over the past 14
seasons, the Cougars have topped the 20-win
mark 12 times and have advanced to the NAIA
Division II National Tournament eight times.
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