Tai Wynyard, the 6-foot-9 16-year-old power forward from New Zealand who is the son of world champion woodchoppers, is closing in on a college decision.
He recently tripped to the U.S. and visited Kentucky, Villanova and Texas. Wynyard is in the Class of 2016.
“The schools have given us time and space to settle and think about which one he would like to take a scholarship at,” Karmyn Wynyard told SNY.tv by email about her son. “He has an idea where he feels will be the best fit, but is in summer training camp with [the] NZ Breakers. Following this he will talk with the head coaches again before he commits. As parents we are happy with all 3 schools and confident he can succeed at any one of them.”
Wynyard is currently training with the Breakers U19 team and is also involved as a training player with their senior team, which runs through mid-March.
Karmyn also broke down what they liked about all three schools:
“Kentucky- complete focus on basketball
Villanova- academic success/focus
Texas- strength and conditioning coach”
