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Iowa point guard signs with Tennessee

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Updated: Thu 10:42 AM, Apr 14, 2011

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (WVLT) -- Iowa point guard Wes Washpun signed Wednesday with Tennessee, choosing the Vols over Iowa.

The 6-foot-1 native of Cedar Rapids is new Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin's first signee.

Martin offered Washpun a scholarship while coaching at Missouri State. When he arrived at Tennessee, he offered him again.

Washpun will be eligible to play for the Vols in the 2011-12 season.

Rivals rates Washpun as a three-star athlete. He averaged 18 points and over five assists a game last season.

He has also a 43-inch vertical leap. Click on the video link above to see Washpun in action.


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