The son of two former Missouri State basketball players hopes a year in New England will bolster his chances of playing top level college basketball.
Niekie Thomas-Fontleroy, a 2016 Kickapoo graduate, said he has reclassified and will spend a year playing basketball at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It’s the same school that Thomas-Fontleroy’s former Kickapoo teammate Tyson Batiste spent the past year honing his skills.
“Tyson Batiste is kind of like an older brother to me, and told me that it really helped him, and I felt it was the best opportunity for me,” Thomas-Fontleroy said.