Sports fans at Columbia University are looking forward to the arrival of Staples basketball player John Baumann.
Todays Columbia Daily Spectator puts it this way: ғChalk up yet another recruit for new men’s basketball Head Coach Joe Jones. This time the Lions have landed 6’7” forward John Baumann, from Staples High School in Westport, Conn.
It said Baumann becomes the fourth recruit to orally commit to Columbia.
“My relationship with the coaches, the guys on the team, and the excitement of rebuilding the program was why I chose Columbia,” Baumann told the newspaper.
“[Jones] really understood me as a person and as a basketball player. And it’s not hard to sell Columbia as a school. … I really wanted to be in New York City.”
Baumann averaged 28.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, and just over two blocks a game for Staples last season. He was also being recruited by American, Brown, Penn, and Yale. He said that he could play either small forward or power forward, the newspaper said.
