Homestead Point Guard Zak Krueger has committed to play college basketball at Albion College, a private liberal arts school in Albion, Michigan. When he signs a letter of intent is yet to be determined. But Krueger did announce his commitment to Albion via Twitter on Sunday.
“You always hear people [say], ‘you’ve gotta go where you’ll be happiest, where it fits the best’ and stuff like that,” Krueger said. “I spent a lot of time with the coaches. They showed me a lot of love. The players, when I went on my overnight, they were fun to hang out with. It’s the right fit for me academically and athletically.”
At Homestead, Krueger was one of the top scorers and assist leaders. He was the third-leading scorer this year at 10.9 points per game and was the second-leading scorer last year at 13.2. He was tied with junior Luke Goode for the lead in assists this year at 3.1 per game and led the Spartans in assists last year at 3.9.
“I loved [playing at Homestead], every part of it; great teammates, great coaches, great parents,” Krueger said. “We had a lot of fans come out and support us every game. Yeah, I had a great time.”
As a sophomore, Krueger backed up Onye Ezeakudo. The following year, he became a junior all-star and was voted first-team All-SAC.
“He’s worked extremely hard to put himself in this position,” Head Coach Chris Johnson said. “The way he holds himself in and out of the classroom, on and off the court is what I’m proud of; knowing that he’s going to be a productive citizen once he graduates from high school, and then he moves onto the college scene, [and] graduates from college.”
Before settling on Albion, Krueger also was considering schools such as Spring Arbor University (another Michigan school), Manchester University, and Goshen College. He plans to major in business. On the court, he plans to continue playing point guard.
Though Albion is out of state, Krueger will not be terribly far from home when he gets to college. The school is about an hour and a half from Fort Wayne. He also has extended family not too far away.
“I wasn’t going to let the distance decide where I wanted to go,” Krueger said. “But I’m an hour and a half from Fort Wayne. I have my grandparents, they live in Michigan. They’ll only be an hour and a half away [from Albion]. It ended up working out well.”
Coach Johnson’s advice to Krueger for when he heads off to college would simply be this:
“Continue to be the person that he is,” Johnson said. “Do things the right way, treat people with respect, go out, and no matter what you do, do it at your fullest extent, and then see where the chips fall from there.”
