Both Oregon basketball teams announced additions to their 2012 signing classes within the last week, as men’s head coach Dana Altman@@CE@@ added three new players and women’s head coach Paul Westhead@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=3720219@@ convinced two to join the Ducks.
The men’s signees are led by guard Dominic Artis,@@http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Dominic-Artis-99647@@ a four-star recruit from Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev.@@http://findlaycollegeprep.com/@@ Artis, who stands at 5-foot-11 and weighs 175 pounds,@@see rivals link above@@ played his first three seasons at Salesian High School in Richmond, Calif.,@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205334141&db_oem_id=500@@ and took home a Division IV state championship during his freshman year.
“I really thought it was the best fit style-of-play wise after watching practice,” Artis said to GoDucks.com. “And I liked the athletes that are already in the program.”
Artis is followed by 6-foot-8 power forward Ben Carter (Bishop Gorman High School)@@see previous goducks article@@ and 6-foot-6 guard Damyean Dotson (Jack Yates HS).@@see previous@@ Carter is a three-star recruit from Las Vegas who played with current Oregon guard Johnathan Loyd,@@see previous@@ while Dotson hails from Houston, Texas, and earned a three-star rating from Rivals.com.@@http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Damyean-Dotson-120346@@
On the women’s side, Westhead added a sharpshooting guard in Devyn Galland (Lewis & Clark High School)@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4307&SPID=236&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205331727&DB_OEM_ID=500@@ and an athletic forward in Jillian Alleyne (Summit High School).@@see previous@@ Galland, a native of Spokane, Wash., won a state championship while averaging 19.7 points per game in the Greater Spokane League during her junior year.@@see previous@@ Alleyne, meanwhile, hails from Fontana, Calif., and earned 2011 co-MVP honors in the Sunkist League.@@see previous@@
“We are very excited to welcome both Devyn and Jillian to the Oregon women’s basketball program,” Westhead said to GoDucks.com. “Both Devyn and Jillian will be good fits in our up-tempo system. Each player has an ability to score and defend, which will complement our current roster well.”@@see previous@@
Both Galland and Alleyne are also honor roll students at their respective schools.@@see previous@@