{"id":111753,"date":"2016-11-30T14:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=111753"},"modified":"2016-11-30T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T20:23:33","slug":"vcsu-basketball-signs-collin-trottier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=111753","title":{"rendered":"VCSU basketball signs Collin Trottier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-111754\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TrottierCollin-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"trottiercollin\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TrottierCollin-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TrottierCollin-431x251.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/TrottierCollin.jpg 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi-VCSU) \u2013 Valley City State University men\u2019s basketball coach Ryan Montgomery announces the signing of Collin Trottier for the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n<p>Currently a senior at West Fargo Sheyenne High School, Trottier recently signed a letter of intent to continue his education and play basketball at VCSU starting in the fall of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-foot-7 power forward, Trottier averaged 12.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game as a junior last season. He helped Sheyenne to a 11-14 overall record and was named to the All Conference Team in the Eastern Dakota Conference. He is just starting his senior season at Sheyenne.<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery says, \u201cCollin is an extremely skilled big man.\u00a0 We believe he will be a great threat inside and outside throughout his career. His work ethic and love for basketball are extremely high. These attributes are what we look for in VCSU players, and he checks the box in all them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the summer, Trottier plays AAU ball with ECI Basketball. He is the son of Gloriann and Todd Trottier. Collin is currently undecided on a college major.<\/p>\n<p>Trotter was the first official signing for VCSU\u2019s 2017 recruiting class.<\/p>\n<p>Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA). Last season, the men\u2019s basketball team posted a 22-11 overall record and advanced to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament for just the second time in school history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley City\u00a0 (CSi-VCSU) \u2013 Valley City State University men\u2019s basketball coach Ryan Montgomery announces the signing of Collin Trottier for the 2017-18 season. Currently a senior at West Fargo Sheyenne High School, Trottier recently signed a letter of intent to continue his education and play basketball at VCSU starting in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111754,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111755,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111753\/revisions\/111755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}