Fresh off numerous postseason accolades, including CAC Player of the Year and All-America nods from both D3hoops.com and the NABC, St. Mary's men's basketball senior standout Nicholas LaGuerre was recently featured in The Baltimore Sun. The article talks about how LaGuerre began his successful basketball career and his potential to pursue a professional career overseas. 

Arbutus native Nick LaGuerre said he remembers that he "cried for days" after his mom told him he was going to play basketball as a 9-year-old. He also recalls how scared he was at the thought that his health might force him to give up the sport when he was a senior at Lansdowne High School.

Now LaGuerre is a Division III All-American after a standout career at St. Mary's College, with the promise of playing the sport professionally overseas.

"I don't know where he'll go, but there is no doubt in my mind that he will play overseas," said St. Mary's coach Chris Harney, who just finished his 10th season. "Based on the guys I have had before who have played overseas, Nick is one of the best."

LaGuerre tied a career-high with 36 points in his final college game and was named Capital Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 point guard led the conference in scoring, averaging 22 points per game.

Harney saw more than what he accomplished on the court.

"He is the greatest kid ever, and I mean that," Harney said. "I have coached a lot of kids and I have not coached a kid like him ever, as far as just his character. I mean, he's such a good person, as well as a phenomenal basketball player."

LaGuerre was selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to play in the Division III Reese's College All-Star Game in Salem, Va., on March 21. Three days before that, he became the first player in St. Mary's history to be named an NCAA Division III All-American, making the NBAC coaches' second team.

Going from the 9-year-old who didn't want to play basketball to being one of the Top 20 Division III basketball players in the country didn't come without a challenge.

To read the full article, click here.