Mechel Hunt, a wing player at Fremont High in northern Utah, has orally committed to play basketball for the College of Southern Idaho. She will sign a letter of intent with the Eagles during the upcoming signing period.

CSU finished sixth at the recent NJCAA Tournament.

Hunt, 6-0, averaged 11.5 points, 2.1 assists and 3.1 steals for Fremont last year and helped the team go undefeated in Region 1.

She was recently named a second-team all-stater in 5A by The Salt Lake Tribune and was on the all-Region 1 team.

Hunt played club basketball for Salt Lake Metro and is the 13th Metro player from the 2008 class to receive a college basketball scholarship.

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Salt Lake Community College's Michelle Pace is moving on to Westminster College. Pace, a former Olympus High star who averaged 13.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game last year for the Bruins, will sign with Westminster later this month.

Pace was fourth in the Scenic West Conference is scoring and rebounding and was selected to the Region 18 first team and to the SWAC all-tournament team. She was a NJCAA Distinguished Academic All-American in 2007.