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North Canton Basketball Star Signs With Akron Zips

The future Zip, Nyles Evans, signed his letter of intent with Akron Wednesday.

Hoover High School's all-time leading scorer, Nyles Evans, signed his national letter of intent on Wednesday to play basketball at the University of Akron.  

Evans announced in December he would transfer to Akron from Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Fla., gozips.com reports.

Interestingly enough, he's the Zips' first junior college transfer and will have two seasons of eligibility on the court. 

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"We received Nyles' commitment during the school year and he is a player we recruited out of high school," said Akron head coach Kevin Dambrot in a prepared statement. "We felt that our first junior college player should be special and Nyles is a great ball player. He comes from a great family, played for great high school and junior college coaches, and is a tough kid. We expect him to contribute immediately."

Evans averaged 15.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game in 33 games (32 starts) last season for BCC, helping the Titans to a 26-7 record and a spot in the Florida College System Activities Association/NJCAA Division I state championship game.

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And, as a four-year starter at Hoover High, he racked up 1,183 points. 


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