Created: 6/25/2009 7:31:35 AM 
Greensboro, N.C.--North Carolina A&T and Coach Jerry Eaves announced the schools 2009-10 men's basketball recruiting class.
Three of the players are between 6-foot-5 and 6-8, have impressive wing spans and can do a variety of things on the basketball court.
Austin Witter, DaMetrius Upchurch, Lawrence Smith and R.J. Buck are looking to lead the Aggies to championship glory over the next four seasons.
"We will have tremendous athleticism this season,'' said Eaves, who is entering his seventh season as the Aggies head coach. "We will be able to really get after people with our pressure because we can come at people in waves with long, athletic players."
Witter (6-8, 190 pounds, Princeton Junction, N.J.) can play as a shooting guard or a small forward. He averaged 14.9 points, 11.6 rebounds, 6.6 blocks, 3.8 assists; shot 47 percent from the field and from 3-point range. Witter also recorded nine triple doubles, and led West-Windsor South to the best record in school history at 24-4.
The only in-state signee in this class is Upchurch (6-7, 208, Garner). Upchurch will likely play the power forward position for N.C. A&T.
Upchurch averaged 19.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game for the Garner Trojans last season. He is a two-time All-Greater Neuse River Class 4A Conference performer.
Smith averaged 7.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game for the nationally-ranked program.
He was named Washington Catholic Athletic Conference honorable mention. McNamara won 22 games last season, the most in school history.
R.J. Buck (6-2, 175, Lusby, Md.) also played in the WCAC. He averaged 11.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals per game. WCAC honorable mention honors came his way last season at St. Mary's Ryken.
Brian Holloway/NC A&T Sports Information Dept.
