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The skinny on Shabazz, pt. 2

Print | Comments () Posted by Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent April 22, 2010 09:26 PM

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To clear up some confusion here...

Various news outlets reported today that Lawrence Academy point guard Shabazz Napier, who committed to UConn last month, will be signing his National Letter of Intent tomorrow. However, the school's communications department confirmed today that he officially signed the letter yesterday and faxed it over to the Storrs, Ct. campus.

So tomorrow's Letter of Intent signing is more of an informal yet ceremonious procedure, to be done back in his hometown of Boston in front of friends and family. Napier, a Roxbury resident who turns 19 in June, spent three years at Charlestown High before transferring to the Groton campus two years ago and re-classifying as a sophomore. He is re-classifying again to the Class of 2010 so he can enroll at UConn in the fall; he has already met minimum academic qualifications by the NCAA standards.

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