Wayne State College head men's basketball coach Brian Dolan announced today that seven players (three junior college transfers/four high school standouts) have signed a national letter of intent and/or scholarship offer to attend Wayne State College and play basketball for the Wildcats in the 2015-16 season.  The seven players join Vance Janssen of Blair, who signed with WSC last November during the NCAA early signing period, as members of the 2015 Wildcat recruiting class.
            Junior college transfers coming to Wayne State College are Brian Goodwin from North Dakota State College of Science, Adam Moon of Northeast Community College and Matt Thomas from North Platte Community College.  High school student-athletes signing with Wayne State College include Ben Hoskins of Wayne High School, Spencer Pauley of Denison-Schleswig High School in Iowa, Rylee Tatum from Norfolk High School and Luke TerHark of Algona High School in Iowa.
            "We knew that we needed to add size with this recruiting class and I believe we did just that," said second year head coach Brian Dolan.  "Spencer and Rylee add depth, size and length at the center position, but I also believe we got longer on the perimeter as well.  Bringing Adam back to our program and adding Ben and Brian gives us much needed size on the perimeter."
            "Secondly, we wanted to add more guys that can handle the ball and run the show and Luke, Matt and Vance (whom we signed in the fall) will definitely improve our team in both categories," added Dolan.
            Goodwin, a 6-4 guard from Brooten, Minnesota, played one season at North Dakota State College of Science where he averaged 10.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, shooting 44 percent from the field and 77.6 percent at the free throw stripe.  In high school, Goodwin had a 121-4 record as a player and scored 2,112 points with 648 assists at BBE High School.  During his senior season at BBE, Goodwin averaged 24.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.2 steals per game.  Goodwin will have three seasons of eligibility with the Wildcats.
            Moon is a 6-8 forward who will be a redshirt freshman at Wayne State after attending one year of school at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.  A graduate of O'Neill St. Mary's High School in 2014, Moon was named the Nebraska Class D-1 Player of the Year by Huskerland Prep and was the honorary captain of the Class D-1 All-State team after averaging 23.4 points and 10.7 rebounds per game as a senior in 2013-14.  He scored 1,556 points during his high school career and was either First Team or Second Team All-State as a sophomore, junior and senior in high school.
            Thomas, a 6-0 guard from North Platte Community College, will have three years of eligibility with the Wildcats after playing one season in junior college.  The Elkhorn South graduate averaged 9.8 points and 2.1 assists per game at NPCC, shooting 40.5 percent from 3-point range and 73.8 percent at the charity stripe.  Thomas helped the Knights to a 24-9 record and was named to the Region IX All-Conference Second Team.  In high school at Elkhorn South, Thomas was an honorary captain of the Class B All-State team after averaging 18.9 points and 4.3 assists per game helping his team to a 26-1 record.
            Hoskins, a 6-5 forward from Wayne High School, averaged just over 17 points per game as a junior and senior for the Blue Devils and finished his high school career with 1,210 points and 647 rebounds.  As a senior, Hoskins accounted for 17.2 points and 7.9 rebounds per game while shooting 45 percent from the field and 78 percent at the foul stripe.  He produced 17.4 points and 9.3 rebounds a contest as a junior, making 52 percent of his shots from the field and 69 percent at the charity line.  Hoskins was an All-Mid States Conference selection as a junior and senior and was also a four-time state qualifier in cross country at Wayne High School.
            Pauley, a 6-9 center from Denison-Schleswig High School in Iowa, earned Class 3A Third Team All-State honors this season from the Des Moines Register and Iowa Newspaper Association after averaging 20.1 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.9 blocked shots per game.  He shot 54 percent from the field and 73.7 percent at the foul line while helping his team to a 19-5 record.  Pauley recorded averages of 12.6 points and 9.3 caroms per game as a junior. 
            Tatum is a 6-9 center from Norfolk High School who missed his senior season with the Panthers due to a knee injury last summer while playing basketball.  Rylee played in 28 games during his junior season, helping Norfolk High to a 21-7 record and a fourth place finish in the Class A State Tournament. 
            TerHark, a 6-1 guard from Algona High School in Iowa, led Class 3A during his senior season in 3-point field goals (72) while averaging 19.3 points and 3.8 assists per game to receive Iowa Newspaper Association Second Team All-State honors.  He shot 41 percent from the field and 77 percent at the free throw line while leading Algona to a 17-5 record as a senior this season. During his junior season, TerHark produced 13.9 points a contest and finished his high school career with 160 3-point field goals.
            "Combining this class with our returners I feel we will be a much more complete team as we continue to build the program," stated Dolan.  "Next year we will be deep at all positions and should be a more versatile team on the offensive end of the floor.  If each member of our program continues to put in the time and effort it takes to be successful at this level our program has a bright future."
            Wayne State College is and NCAA Division II school located in Wayne, Nebraska and competes in the 16-team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.  The Wildcats finished the 2014-15 season at 7-22 overall and 4-18 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.