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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech head men’s basketball coach Buzz Williams has announced the signing of Johnny Hamilton to a National Letter of Intent. Hamilton will enroll at Virginia Tech in the fall of 2015.

Hamilton is a 7-0, 215 lbs. post player from Trinidad & Tobago. He played at Jacksonville College, a junior college in Jacksonville, Texas. Last season, as a sophomore at Jacksonville, Hamilton averaged 9.0 points and 8.9 rebounds per game and shot 61.7 percent from the field for the season. Hamilton also had 112 blocked shots for the Jaguars and was among the leaders nationally in blocked shots, averaging 4.3 blocked shots per game. He had a career-best 18 points and 19 rebounds to go along with five blocked shots in a February victory over Angelina College. Jacksonville, which finished the season 19-12 overall, competes in the Texas Eastern Conference, one of the top junior college conferences in the nation.

“We are excited to add another member to our 2015 class,” Williams said. “Johnny is still young to the game, but he has a high ceiling for improvement, but more importantly, the character and work ethic to get there. As a former student manager in the TEC, I know that he has been well-coached the last two years, and has played in one of the best JUCO leagues in the country.”

Hamilton joins Chris Clarke, Justin Robinson and Kerry Blackshear Jr. from this fall’s recruiting class, which has been ranked as high as No. 17 nationally by national recruiting services. Along with last spring’s recruiting class that was ranked No. 19 nationally by ESPN.com, this gives the Hokies’ their first-ever back-to-back top 20 recruiting classes, both coming in the year-plus since Williams was hired at Virginia Tech.

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