OT: David Kool sets WMU scoring record
Former Michigan Mr. Basketball scored 30 points against Akron the other night to become the all time leading scorer at Western Michigan University. This guy would have been great in Beilein's offense. Just was a year too early. Great kid tho. Class act all the way.
http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/2010/01/david_kool_takes_his_pla…
January 29th, 2010 at 2:48 AM ^
I'm pretty sure he had a Michigan offer, but it was pulled when he tore his ACL (or some other injury) while in high school. He had an MSU offer as well.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:13 AM ^
That is true. Michigan landed Kelvin Grady in that class as well.
January 29th, 2010 at 7:24 AM ^
before that knee injury. He and Drew Nietzel had some memorable battles back in high school and Nietzel was pulling him hard to State. Sure hated to see that injury to him. I remember watching him single handedly win a state title against Muskegon Heights a few years back. I believe he scored forty some points and the final score was in the fifties.
January 29th, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^
he went 20/20 on free throws in that game, a state finals record.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:01 PM ^
amazing performance
January 29th, 2010 at 8:07 AM ^
BlockM and I went to high school with David...he was a ridiculously good player. I'll always remember his games, especially when we played Wyoming Park (Neitzel) and East GR (Kelvin Grady. I never understood why schools cooled on him after his injury. He always seemed just as good his senior year (after the injury) as before.
Anyways, congrats to David!
January 29th, 2010 at 10:04 AM ^
Beat me to it! I'll never forget him scoring something like 40+ points in the semifinals and finals of the State Championship.
If he ever goes pro, I can tell my kids I played middle school ball with him (I was the lone third-stringer on the team), and that I once had a huge block on him in IM volleyball.
Great guy, wish M had kept on him. I think he was a fan if I remember correctly. I know he's been to some games at the Big House. He would have been dynamite, and he also MAKES FREETHROWS.
January 30th, 2010 at 1:24 AM ^
Yeah my dad went to South Christian and I went to many of David's games. I remember him being a machine when it came to shooting. I was also at the State Championship game because my cousin's friend was the best player on Heights but Kool was amazing.
January 29th, 2010 at 8:51 AM ^
he is dating my best friend's little sister, very humble
January 29th, 2010 at 9:47 AM ^
Kool and Winston would have given writers too many opportunities for headlines about "smoking" opponents.
January 29th, 2010 at 9:56 AM ^
He was a player I really, really wanted at M. He just knows how to score.
Best of luck to him, not that it seems he needs it....
January 29th, 2010 at 10:14 AM ^
nothing but class...He would have helped here tremendously (especially this year). A shame Amaker was not too interested. But he deserves the record, and good luck to him the rest of the year!
January 29th, 2010 at 10:26 AM ^
Injuries like ACL's are how players like this end up in the MAC. They fall off the recruting map of the biggies. Similar phenomenon to how QB's like Dan LeFevour and Tim Hiller end up at MAC schools - late injuries in their high school careers, they are forgotten about, and end up throwing for 10,000 yards in the MAC.
Kool doesn't look like a great athlete when you see him live, but boy does he fill it up.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
Nice flag
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