Dayton offers scholarship to point guard from Ontario

Vasean Allette has received numerous offers this month
Dayton huddles before practice at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 10, 2022, one day before playing in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. David Jablonski/Staff

Credit: David Jablonski

Credit: David Jablonski

Dayton huddles before practice at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 10, 2022, one day before playing in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. David Jablonski/Staff

Vasean Allette, a 6-foot-3 point guard in the class of 2023, announced Thursday he received a scholarship offer from the Dayton Flyers.

Allette will be a senior at Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill, Ont., near Toronto. He also has received offers from Boston College, DePaul, Georgia Tech, Washington State and Virginia Commonwealth among others this month.

Paul Biancardi, ESPN’s national recruiting director, described Allette as “a natural scorer with passing vision to see and deliver the assist.”

Allette talked to Sam Lance, of ZagsBlog.com, this month and said Arizona State, UCSB and Tennessee State were recruiting him the hardest.

“I’ve been labeled a scorer my whole life,” Allette said. “But my passion level is on the same level as my scoring. I just bring energy to the game, day in and day out. I treat every game like it’s my last, play hard, fight for loose balls. Every 50-50 ball is mine.”

Dayton has not received a commitment from a member of the class of 2023. It will have at least one scholarship open, assuming it doesn’t fill its open scholarship on the 2022-23 roster. The exact number of scholarships open depends on how many of the 12 scholarship players on the current roster return. All will still have eligibility in the 2023-24 season.

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