T-Birds Sign Top Talent From The State of Illinois

Casper College men’s basketball program has announced the signing of Juwan Starks from Aurora, Illinois. Starks is a 6-4 180pound wing from West Aurora High School in the Chicago area.  The four-year varsity starter broke the school’s all-time scoring record. He finished his career with 1,627 points. During his senior season he was a first-team all-tournament selection at the Pontiac Holiday Tournament.  He led the Blackhawks to a 21-5 record, averaging 18 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals.

Starks was a four year all-conference honoree as well as a four year all-stater (First team all-state) and was the Beacon-News Player of the Year.  He is one of the most all-around, talented players to come out of the state of Illinois and it showed as he led his team in rebounding (6.1-per-game), deflections (78) and steals (60) on the way to earning DuPage Valley Conference co-MVP with Glenbard North’s Josh Fleming. Almost unnoticed was the fact that Starks also became the school’s single-season and career three-point leader this year with 70 treys.

Juwan has a big-time ability to shoot the ball from anywhere on the floor. He is super athletic and long for a wing. He has a toughness and the knack for guarding the basketball defensively and that is part of the reason why Juwan is considered to be one of the top 25 high school players in the state of Illinois.

Coach Joel Davidson had this to say about the dynamic wing from Chicago. “Juwan is a great kid who will have an immediate impact in our program on and off the floor. He had a great career and was well-coached.”  This season Starks made a team-best45.5 percent (70-for-154) from beyond the arc.

Starks will continue his career at Casper College playing for Davidson but before signing with Casper, he was getting recruited by Rick Majerus at Saint Louis University, the University of Minnesota, Indiana State, Manhattan, University of Liberty, and Jacksonville University.