The St. John’s Edge have announced their first two signings and both are from the United States.
Gavin Thurman is a six eight forward and Charles Hinkle is a six five guard.
Gavin Thurman is six eight and is 23 years old and hails from Wichita Kansas
Played for three seasons as a forward at Missouri State…As a junior, appeared in 26 games and made one start, averaging 6.0 points and 2.4 rebounds per game…Scored a season-high 19 points on 3-for-3 shooting from 3 in a 73-61 win at Southeastern Missouri State…Totalled a career-high 21 points as a freshman against No. 20 Wichita State…In his sophomore season, averaged 5.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game…Appeared in 29 games with one start as a sophomore…Hit 25 3s and finished shooting 36.8 percent from 3-point range in sophomore season..
Charles Henkle is 6 foot five and 29 year old. He is from Los Alamitos California.
First Team All-Patriot League and NABC All-District 13 Second Team selection … ranked fourth all-time in a single season at American in three-point field goals made (85), fifth in free throws made (155), seventh in three-point field goals attempted (203), seventh in free throws attempted (185) and 10th in scoring (590) … also finished his career ranked sixth at American in free throw percentage (.828) and 10th in three-point percentage (.395) … ranked second in the Patriot League with 18.4 ppg, first in three-point field goals made (2.7), third in defensive rebounds (4.4), third in free throw percentage (83.8), sixth in rebounding (5.4), seventh in three-point field goal percentage (41.9) and 10th in steals (0.9) … scored at least 20 points in 15 games, including the first six games of the season, and at least 30 twice … recorded double-digit points in 28 games … ranked among the top 50 scorers in the nation all season and in the top 10 for seven straight weeks to open the year … led the team in scoring 20 times during the season … four-time Patriot League Player of the Week and ECAC Co-Player of the Week … appeared in all 32 games, starting 31
