Ottumwa -- The number of Indian Hills basketball players headed to Division I schools after this year grew to seven on Wednesday when Ronald Ross signed a national letter-of-intent with Middle Tennessee and Rawane Ndiaye signed with the University of Tennessee.
Ross played this past season at Indian Hills after a freshman campaign at Vincennes (Ind.) where he was named an NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American.
With the Warriors, the guard from Indianapolis, Ind., averaged 14.5 points a game, second on the team, and led IHCC with 65 3-pointers, shooting over 40% from behind the arc.
Middle Tennessee loses six players off last season's team that finished 28-5 and qualified for the NCAA tournament. MTSU coach Kermit Davis said, "Ronald has scored everywhere he's been. He was the second-leading scorer on maybe the most talented junior college team in the country. He is a physical guard and can really shoot the ball from three. He's going to be a really good player for us."
Ross will be the third former IHCC player to suit up for the Blue Raiders, joining LaRon Dendy and James Washington, both of whom had success after going there following their Indian Hills careers.
Ndiaye missed the first 10 games of his sophomore season after breaking a bone in his foot in the preseason. He played in 15 games and averaged 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds a game. Those numbers are close to those of Ndiaye's freshman year at IHCC when he averaged 2.0 points and 2.5 rebounds.
Indian Hills coach Barret Peery was happy with the progress Ndiaye made during his two seasons with the Warriors and is optimistic he will continue to improve now that he is healthy again.
Five Warriors -- Jameel McKay (Marquette), Dustin Hogue (Iowa State), Richard Amardi (Iowa State), Jelan Kendrick (UNLV) and Trinson White (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) -- all signed letters-of-intent during the early signing period last fall.
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