Ian Steere no longer a member of UNCW basketball program
By John Smist | December 23, 2020 at 8:08 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 9:32 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Forward Ian Steere is no longer a member of the UNCW men’s basketball team.
Seahawks coach Takayo Siddle confirmed that Steere had left the program after the team’s 87-63, win over Delaware State on Wednesday.
“He [Steere] won’t be with us anymore,” said Siddle. “He wasn’t meeting program standards and our team expectations. So, we parted ways.”
The 6-9 261-pound forward from Sanford, N.C. played in just one game for the Seahawks. He scored nine points in a win against St. Andrews.
Steere first signed to play for N.C. State and decided to transfer to St. John’s after playing just one game for the Wolfpack.
Steere, who became eligible for St. John’s in December, played d just five games for the Red Storm before he was suspended indefinitely.
Coming out of high school, Steere was a four-star recruit and had offers from Louisville, Maryland, UConn, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Clemson, Arkansas.
Transferring is nothing new to Steere as he played at four different high schools---Overhills in Fayetteville as a freshman, Carlisle School Va as a sophomore and and at Wesleyan and Northwood Temple as a junior and senior.
He first verballed to Creighton but with withdrew that commitment to sign with NC State. He met with NC State coach Kevin Keatts after the season opener and transferred to St Johns after just one game with the Pack. While at St Johns the talented yet enigmatic Steere was supposed to be a contributor, but appeared in just six games. He also was suspended in early February for his inability to “meet standards expected from a member of our basketball program,” but was reinstated in early March.
This past fall he enrolled at UNC Wilmington but only played in one contest before leaving the program.
By John Smist | December 23, 2020 at 8:08 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 9:32 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Forward Ian Steere is no longer a member of the UNCW men’s basketball team.
Seahawks coach Takayo Siddle confirmed that Steere had left the program after the team’s 87-63, win over Delaware State on Wednesday.
“He [Steere] won’t be with us anymore,” said Siddle. “He wasn’t meeting program standards and our team expectations. So, we parted ways.”
The 6-9 261-pound forward from Sanford, N.C. played in just one game for the Seahawks. He scored nine points in a win against St. Andrews.
Steere first signed to play for N.C. State and decided to transfer to St. John’s after playing just one game for the Wolfpack.
Steere, who became eligible for St. John’s in December, played d just five games for the Red Storm before he was suspended indefinitely.
Coming out of high school, Steere was a four-star recruit and had offers from Louisville, Maryland, UConn, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Clemson, Arkansas.
Transferring is nothing new to Steere as he played at four different high schools---Overhills in Fayetteville as a freshman, Carlisle School Va as a sophomore and and at Wesleyan and Northwood Temple as a junior and senior.
He first verballed to Creighton but with withdrew that commitment to sign with NC State. He met with NC State coach Kevin Keatts after the season opener and transferred to St Johns after just one game with the Pack. While at St Johns the talented yet enigmatic Steere was supposed to be a contributor, but appeared in just six games. He also was suspended in early February for his inability to “meet standards expected from a member of our basketball program,” but was reinstated in early March.
This past fall he enrolled at UNC Wilmington but only played in one contest before leaving the program.
