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Azavier “Stink” Robinson is staying home for college.
Robinson, the Marion County Player of the Year last season for Lawrence North, announced his commitment to Butler on Saturday. The 6-2 guard averaged 20.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game for a team that finished 25-4 and won the county championship, along with Class 4A sectional and regional titles.
Robinson cut his list in June to five schools: Butler, Cincinnati, DePaul, Notre Dame and Xavier and set official visits to DePaul, Xavier, Notre Dame and Butler for September. But it appears those visits — other than Butler — are off the table. Coach Thad Matta offered Robinson a scholarship almost a year to the date (Aug. 2, 2023) from his commitment.
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“The relationship with the coaching staff,” Robinson said of the main reason for his commitment. “Especially because there has been times when the whole coaching staff was there and saw me play. Coach Matta was there a lot and (assistant coach Alex Barlow) told me from the beginning he was going to make it hard for me not to pick Butler. He was pretty much at all my games all summer.”
Robinson, rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 89 player in the county on the 247Sports composite for the 2025 class, is already No. 5 on the Lawrence North all-time scoring list with 1,370 career points. He was one of six players named to the core Junior All-Stars team after last season, joining Dezmon Briscoe of Crispus Attucks, Brady Koehler of Cathedral, Braylon Mullins of Greenfield-Central, Trent Sisley of Heritage Hills (now at Montverde Academy in Florida) and Mark Zackery IV of Ben Davis.
Lawrence North High School junior Azavier Robinson (23) drives into the defense of North Central High School senior Tim Williams, Jr. (1) during the first half of an IHSAA Class 4A Boys’ Sectional basketball game, Wednesday,…
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Publish date : 2024-08-03 21:00:42
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