South Carolina basketball coach Frank Martin added Ibrahim Doumbia to his 2017 recruiting class on Thursday.
Doumbia, a 6-8 native of Mali native who attends Miami Country Day, met Martin two years ago when Doumbia was at Arlington Country Day in Jacksonville playing for the late Rex Morgan, a good friend of Martin’s.
“He was the first college coach to shake his hand,” said Miami Country Day coach Hugo DeLarosa. “He told the kid, you’re going to be a heck of a player one day son. He was excited about that. He was like, ‘wow, the first college coach to shake my hand.