Wednesday, November 11, 2009
High school senior Royce Woolridge signed his letter of intent in a ceremony at his high school Wednesday, making his commitment to Kansas official.
Woolridge, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from Sunnyslope High in Phoenix, Ariz., averaged 28.5 points and 2.1 steals per game last season.
Woolridge, who was present for last month’s Late Night in the Phog, said Kansas’ rich basketball tradition and atmosphere made Kansas his ideal choice.
“I’m excited,” Woolridge said. “There’s history behind the school and the stands were crazy.”
He verbally committed to Kansas in May 2008 after gaining interest from other schools such as UCLA, Georgetown and Arizona. He was present for Late Night in the Phog and said he had great time, justifying his decision.
The interest in Kansas for Woolridge, coach Bill Self said, started literally right after it won the national championship in 2008.
“He liked how we played and we notified each other,” Self said. “They got word to us, we went and watched him play, offered him a scholarship and, boom, it was done.”
This is the first signing for the Jayhawks this year. Woolridge was a perfect recruit, Self said, because of his loyalty and commitment to Kansas.
“He was the first one to jump on board and we’ll always have a fond appreciation of that,” Self said.
Currently, Rivals.com has Woolridge ranked 117th overall in the country and ESPNU 100 has him at 94. Self is looking to see that number climb after his senior season.
“You watch,” Self said. “When the rankings come out at the end of the year, he’ll be on of those guys that I would say definitely has a great chance to be a top 50-type player.”
C.J. Henry doing light workouts
Freshman guard C.J. Henry (knee) who has missed about two weeks of practice was going to do light workouts Wednesday, Kansas coach Bill Self said.
"I think he said he may do a few things today," Self said. "Probably not full court but maybe do some half court stuff today, see how he feels."
Self said he isn't a believer in putting players into games when they haven't practiced, so it may be a while before Henry sees some game action.
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