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PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington native Patrick Simon has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Washington State University men's basketball team next season, head coach Ken Bone announced Wednesday.
A three-year letterwinner at Ephrata High School in Ephrata, Wash., Simon (6-8, 205, F) missed last basketball season with a broken foot after earning first-team All-State and All-Central Washington Athletic Conference honors as a sophomore. That season he led Ephrata HS to a 25-2 record and the 2A State Championship while being named to the all-tournament team. He averaged 13 points per game as a freshman in 2006-07 and was named second team All-CWAC. Heading into this season, Simon was named Third Team Best in the West by the Long Beach Press Telegram.
The Cougars currently have eight Washington natives on their roster, while all three student-athletes signed by first-year head coach Bone have been from the state.
Simon is the only prospective student-athlete expected to sign an NLI with the Cougars on Wednesday.
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