CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team has signed Kareem South (Scarborough, Ontario/Kiski School) to a National Letter of Intent. South is a 6-foot-2, 180-pound point guard who will join the team as a freshman for the 2015-16 season.
"We identified Kareem as a guy early on who wasn't just talented, but was a great fit for our program and our system," head coach Willis Wilson said. "With John Jordan and Hameed Ali graduating, we had big shoes to fill, and he is a guy who will be able to come in and run the point for us right away. We're very excited to have him as a member of the Islanders Basketball family."
South is currently playing for Steve Scorpion with the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Penn., where he is entering his first season. He scored 19 points and added five assists and seven rebounds for Kiski in a loss to St. Frances in the only game the team has played so far this season.
The native Canadian played four years for Robert Dizedio at Senator O'Connor Catholic Secondary School in Toronto, where he averaged 19 points, three assists, five rebounds and 1.5 steals per game as a senior. He was named to the Toronto All-City All-Star team after posting the second-highest point average in the city and posting the second-most games with 25-plus points. He led the squad to a conference championship and the TDCAA "AAA" City Championship in his final season.
South was named his team MVP all four years in high school and was named All-Toronto in his final three seasons. A team captain, he was just as big a standout in the classroom, posting a 3.95 GPA and earning honor roll status every year.
South played his AAU ball for the Northern Kings under the direction of Director Vidal Massiah, where he was one of the favorites of the King Nation. The program has seen several players move on to the Division I ranks in recent history, including Gonzaga standout Kevin Pangos and South Carolina's Duane Notice.
The son of Brian and Dilorece South, Kareem intends to major in kinesiology with the intent of moving on to medical school in the future.
