The UK basketball program officially announced Sunday that five-star point guard Ashton Hagans has signed financial aid papers with the university and will be part of the Wildcats’ team for the 2018-19 season.
Hagans’ move from the 2019 recruiting class to the 2018 class has been expected for months, and the player himself announced Friday that he had graduated from high school and was ready to make that transition. The Covington, Ga., standout arrived on UK’s campus Sunday and will been college classes this week.
“So happy to see my dream of playing for Coach Cal and the Big Blue Nation come true,” Hagans said in UK’s statement.