Fox Joins the Nebraska Basketball Team

Lincoln ? Mike Fox, a former all-state player at Beatrice High School, has joined the Nebraska basketball team, head coach Doc Sadler announced Monday.

 

Fox has been admitted to UNL and is transferring  from Northwest Missouri State, where he was enrolled for the fall semester. He can start practice immediately but will have to sit out one year with the Huskers, meaning he will be eligible after the completion of the 2009 fall semester. He will have 3 ? years of eligibility remaining at that point.

 

“We’re always looking for players from the state who want to be part of our program and who can help us,” Sadler said. “Mike comes from a winning program, and he knows what it means to work hard and to be a good teammate. He can be successful here and will represent the University of Nebraska in the right way.”

 

Fox joins the Huskers after a stellar prep career. He helped Beatrice and Coach Jim Weeks to a Nebraska Class B state title in 2008, when he averaged 15.8 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. The Orangemen finished last season with a 23-3 record, defeating Elkhorn in the state title game. Fox had a pair of free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining for the final margin, giving Beatrice its second state title in four years.

 

Fox, who was a freshman when an undefeated Beatrice squad (24-0) won the 2005 state championship, helped Beatrice to a Class B runner-up finish as a junior. He posted a career high with 31 points against Grand Island Northwest as a senior while posting multiple games with a career-best 15 rebounds.

 

Fox earned Class B all-state first-team honors from both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald in 2008 and was a two-time Class B player of the year. He was selected to the Journal Star’s Super State team and was a second-team All-Nebraska honoree by the World-Herald.  Fox led Class B in rebounding at 9.7 boards per game in 2008, and was ranked second in the state in free throw percentage. He hit 81.0 percent (81-of-100) from the stripe as a senior.

 

A four-year letterman in basketball, Fox also lettered three seasons in soccer and twice in tennis. He was a National Honor Society member and was on the honor roll and student council at Beatrice.