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By PAUL GOTHAM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Irondequoit’s Gerald Drumgoole has received a growing number of offers to play Division I basketball. That list figures to increase significantly in the coming months.
Sources have reported and Drumgoole confirmed that he will attend basketball powerhouse La Lumiere (Indiana) for the upcoming school year.
WHAM 13’s Matt Trabold broke the news earlier today.
It has been quite a day for Rochesterian @g_drumgoole24. On top of the news below that he intends to join prep powerhouse @LaLuAthletics @LaLuBasketball, the @TheCityRocks standout just tweeted he has received an offer from Crean & Georgia MBB. His first “power conference” offer. pic.twitter.com/hMfCKKagLe
— Matt Trabold (@TrabsMatt) August 3, 2018
The 6-foot-5 guard scored nearly 22 points per game as a junior while shooting 49 percent from the floor and 76 percent from the line in leading Irondequoit back to the NYS semi-finals. He grabbed more than 8.2 rebounds and handed out 4.6 assists to garner 3rd team Class A honors.
As a sophomore, Drumgoole earned Tournament MVP leading Irondequoit to the Section V Class A title. The Eagles went on to win the program’s first NYS title before falling in the Federation.
Drumgoole exploded on the national stage this summer helping City Rocks AAU to a quarter-final finish in the Peach Jam Classic and Las Vegas Fab 48. He garnered Peach Jam Breakout Team honors scoring 10.3 points to go with 6.3 boards and nearly two assists. Along the way he grabbed offers from St. Bonaventure, UMass and Albany among others.
In the past 24 hours, Drumgoole added offers from the University of Georgia and University of Maryland.
Blessed to receive another offer from The University of Maryland!????#GoTerps#Big10 pic.twitter.com/ScJhMNltwX
— Gerald Drumgoole (@g_drumgoole24) August 3, 2018
Blessed to receive an offer from The University of Georgia!????
#GoBulldogs#SEC pic.twitter.com/b1YTZMLF3r— Gerald Drumgoole (@g_drumgoole24) August 3, 2018
He will join fellow Section V standout Isaiah Stewart at La Lumiere. An ESPN 5-Star recruit, Stewart has received offers from Duke, Villanova, Syracuse and Notre Dame among other schools.
During an injury-shortened sophomore year at McQuaid Jesuit, Stewart averaged 19.6 points and 10 rebounds.
Both Drumgoole and Stewart are products of the City Rocks AAU program.
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