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Monday, June 18, 2007
Stanton bails on Navy
The Patriot League all-rookie forward Trey Stanton is the latest to leave Billy Lange's program. Stanton's decision seems to more than offset the decision of an Idaho point guard to transfer to the academy.

For Stanton, the decision came down to the military commitment. Stanton told the Annapolis Capital's Billy Wagner:
"It's just that I realized during the past year that the military wasn't for me. I couldn't see myself as a Naval officer for five years."
An all-rookie choice last year, the 6-10 Stanton was the most accomplished member of Navy's 2006 recruiting class, starting 29 of 30 games, averaging 28.4 minutes. His 8 points per game were third on the team, his 3.9 boards were topped only by Greg Sprink (4.8 rpg).

Stanton was a late bloomer, who began his high school career as a 6-3 guard. While he had yet to develop much of a post game, Stanton was comfortable on the perimeter and had three-point range (37 treys, 34.9 percent from the arc) on his jumper.

In addition to Stanton, 6-8 sophomore Bobby Fenske has also decided to leave Navy's program. Senior point guard Corey Johnson previously announced he was giving up basketball and is trying to earn a spot in the defensive secondary with the Navy football team.

Stanton's decision deflates a little of the excitement from last week's announcement that guard O.J. Avworo planned to transfer to Annapolis from Idaho.

Avworo, a 6-0 point out of Texas, told Wagner he decided to leave Idaho, where he had started 24 games and played 28 minutes per game last season, because:
I was not surrounded by the type of players I wanted to be associated with and I did not feel I would accomplish all the things I set out to accomplish while in college.
Avworo will sit out this season, but has three years of eligibility remaining.



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