UTEP men’s basketball introduced incoming freshman Joey St. Pierre on Thursday at the Foster Stevens Basketball Center.
The 6-foot-10, 280-pound 3-star athlete is regarded by ESPN as the No. 11 player in the state of Illinois.
St. Pierre is from Richmond, Illinois, Burton High School in Spring Grove. The two-sport athlete spent three seasons on varsity basketball where he averaged 11.7 points per game, 6.4 rebounds per game and averaged 2.7 blocks in his career.
In the 14 games that St. Pierre appeared in throughout his senior season, he averaged 13.7 points per game, 7.6 rebounds per game, 2.