INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's basketball program has announced the signing of Austin Sperry (Jackson, Ky. / Breathitt County) to a National Letter of Intent to join the program, beginning this fall. Sperry, a 6-foot-4 guard, joins two other high school signees in 6-foot-5 swingman Maguire Mitchell and 6-foot-9 forward Gabe Stewart in the incoming freshman class. Sperry is among the top prospects from the state of Kentucky and was first offered by Head Coach Paul Corsaro and the IU Indy staff at their elite camp last summer. 

"Austin kind of gives us Jason Williams vibes with his athleticism, his vision and the flair he has to his game," Corsaro said. "We invited him to camp last summer and offered him after seeing more of him. He's incredibly bouncy and athletic and will fit in well with our returning guys, both offensively and defensively."

Sperry played both basketball and football at Breathitt County in Eastern Kentucky and played with Team Thad on the Nike EYBL Circuit. He averaged 23.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game his senior year, ranking sixth in the state in scoring and seventh in assists. He played six years of varsity basketball, originally making the team as a seventh-grader and averaging better than 16 points per game as an eighth-grader. 

He finished his high school career with 2,723 points, 837 rebounds and 683 assists in 144 career games. For his career, he averaged 18.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game while shooting 56 percent from the floor and 72 percent from the free throw line.