Kassoum Yakwe committed to St. John’s today. Yakwe recently took official visits to St. John’s (Aug 13-15) and Oregon.
Yakwe broke the news to 247sports reporter Andrew Slater saying,
“Coach (Steve) Lav(in) did a great job of recruiting me for three years. He deserves credit for helping me to learn about the school. My friend and teammate Felix Balamou has been great about helping me know what it’s like at St. John’s. I built a really good relationship with the coaching staff since April. Matt (Abdelmissah) has been the lead recruiter and he’s been recruiting me since Iowa State. Now, when he came back to New York, Matt’s been recruiting me to St. John’s. He’s one of the main reasons why I chose St. John’s, but I also liked the facilities and I wanted to stay local. Those are the main reasons.”
Yakwe will round off the 2015 class and an overhauled St. John’s squad. Mullin and staff will now turn their attention to class of 2016 with priority #1 being Shamorie Ponds.