PULLMAN – Brandton Chatfield, a 6-10, 210-pound post who set multiple rebounding records at nearby Clarkston High, has agreed to join Washington State’s basketball team and first-year coach Kyle Smith as a preferred walk-on.
Chatfield signed a letter of intent at a celebratory ceremony held Tuesday at Clarkston High’s Kramer Gym.
The All-Great Northern League post was named to the Associated Press all-state honorable mention team after helping lead the Bantams to an 18-9 record and fourth-place finish at the 2A tournament in Yakima, where Clarkston went 3-1.
Former recruiting coordinator Elwyn McRoy extended a preferred walk-on offer to Chatfield while Ernie Kent was still at the Cougars’ helm, but new coach Kyle Smith phoned the Clarkston High big man shortly after accepting the WSU job and honored the initial offer.