Cassaday Transfers to Fort Lewis

DURANGO, Colo. –April 26, 2010 – Fort Lewis College men's basketball program announced earlier today that Josh Cassaday has accepted an offer of admission and will play basketball next season for the Skyhawks.

Cassaday, a 6-foot-6 inch 225 pound forward from Aurora, CO, is a 2007 graduate of Smokey Hill High School and has spent the last two seasons playing at South Dakota State University where he played in 46 career games for the Jackrabbits.  

Cassaday comes to Fort Lewis with college basketball experience. In his two seasons at SDSU, Cassaday had numerous games in which he played a major role. He scored a career high 14 points in 29 minutes against Oral Roberts (12/6/08). Cassaday also had five games in which he pulled down seven or more rebounds. Prior to SDSU, Cassaday was the 5A Centennial Player of the Year at Smokey Hill High School. In 2007, his senior year Cassaday earned first team all-conference, first team all-city and first team all-state honors.   

When asked why he chose Fort Lewis he said,” I am very excited to be coming back to my home state of Colorado and to be able play my final two years of college basketball at Fort Lewis College. Fort Lewis is recognized as an elite Division II program and I am grateful to get the opportunity to be a part of a great basketball program.  I chose to come to Fort Lewis because I felt it is the best thing for my college basketball career. I know this team has a very solid group of players and I feel that we can be very successful and continue the great basketball tradition here at Fort Lewis. ”

“We are delighted to have Josh join our program,” said Hofman. “Josh is a great athlete and his versatility on the floor will allow him to fit into our system very well. He is an extremely unselfish player and should really help our basketball team.”  

Cassaday is the first member of the Skyhawks 2010 recruiting class.

Fort Lewis has won three RMAC championships (2002, 2005, and 2008) in the last nine years and has won six of the last nine RMAC West Championships, while advancing to the NCAA division II tournament Six times in nine years.