Basketball: Dixie's Whitehead leaves Creighton
We wrote about Tom Whitehead, the basketball player from St. George's Dixie High, and his long and winding road to Creighton University last winter.
Well, it turns out that Whitehead won't play for coach Dana Altman's team this year after all.
According to a detailed report in the Omaha World-Herald, Whitehead and Altman have had a falling out and Whitehead has returned to St. George. It is not certain what is next for the talented return missionary who averaged 22 points and eight rebounds a game at Yavapai College last year.
Local fans may remember that Whitehead was headed to Weber State out of high school, but lacked a sufficient amount of core classes and was termed a non-qualifier by the NCAA.
After a two-year LDS mission, he enrolled at the junior college in Prescott, Ariz., and was the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.
Whitehead sat out the entire 2007-08 season, but was still quite heavily recruited, getting offers from Miami, Colorado State and others before choosing Creighton.
-- Jay Drew
Well, it turns out that Whitehead won't play for coach Dana Altman's team this year after all.
According to a detailed report in the Omaha World-Herald, Whitehead and Altman have had a falling out and Whitehead has returned to St. George. It is not certain what is next for the talented return missionary who averaged 22 points and eight rebounds a game at Yavapai College last year.
Local fans may remember that Whitehead was headed to Weber State out of high school, but lacked a sufficient amount of core classes and was termed a non-qualifier by the NCAA.
After a two-year LDS mission, he enrolled at the junior college in Prescott, Ariz., and was the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.
Whitehead sat out the entire 2007-08 season, but was still quite heavily recruited, getting offers from Miami, Colorado State and others before choosing Creighton.
-- Jay Drew
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