UTEP men’s basketball head coach Tim Floyd announced the signing of the Joey St. Pierre to finish the seven newly inked players for the 2017 recruiting class. Floyd will have the majority of his team’s core back next season mixed in with the talent the new faces will bring.
St. Pierre is from Richmond, Illinois, and chose UTEP over other universities interested in him, such as Wisconsin and Nebraska, New Mexico and UIC, which is located in Chicago.
The 3-star power forward is 6-foot-10, 280 pounds and plays the center position. St. Pierre was ranked the 11th best player in the state of Illinois by ESPN, and ranked 12th by 247Sports.