Sean Harris to sign with New Haven

April

Had budget cuts actually eliminated sports at Mount Vernon this school year, Sean Harris would have to pay for college. Instead, the senior basketball standout is going for free.

Thank you again to those who donated the million-plus dollars to ensure Mount Vernon had athletics. Harris will give his thanks during a ceremony at the school at 2 p.m. tomorrow when he signs a National Letter of Intent to play for the University of New Haven.

New Haven is a Division II school in Connecticut. It competes in the Northeast-10, which includes Pace, College of St. Rose and LeMoyne.

Mount Vernon coach Bob Cimmino called me today to inform of Harris’s decision.

“Sherrod would have gotten a scholarship no matter what,” Cimmino said. “Sean wouldn’t have.”

Harris is 6-foot and built like a fire hydrant. He pesters opposing guards with relentless in-your-face defense and has a knack of knocking down 3-pointers in big spots. As the season went on, his confidence grew and I don’t think he’s even close to reaching his potential.

He will be New Haven’s gain in that respect. So many players go to the Northeast-10 from this area and flourish. More, though, go into that league and play far beyond expectations — Desmond Quincy-Jones of Rye and Lawrence Ekperigin of Panas immediately come to mind.

Harris has a chance to fit that mold. Most college players, even at the Division II and III levels, were the stars of their high school teams. Harris, meanwhile, didn’t even start for Mount Vernon, playing behind Jabarie Hinds and Jordan Lessane. Harris knows what it means to compete for time and value what he gets. I don’t know anybody on the New Haven roster but I can promise Harris will be one of the hardest working players.

I’ll be at the ceremony tomorrow, which will be as much as celebration of his scholarship as it will be having sports at Mount Vernon. One kid getting a scholarship that otherwise wouldn’t have makes all the efforts worth it.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 7:14 pm by Kevin Devaney Jr..
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10 Responses to “Sean Harris to sign with New Haven”

Spoon Man April 16th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Mamaroneck’s Jason Holmes went to Lemoyne,Northeast-10, and now plays professionally in Finland
dg April 17th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Congratulations to him! I saw Mt. vernon play a few times and Sean Harris impressed me as an excellent player. I thought he should have played more. He has a lot of potential to develop.
friend April 17th, 2009 at 9:50 am
max wein will be playing at NYU
westchester fan April 17th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Harris is a very talented player who improved tremendously from his junior year..good for him!!
10591 April 17th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
SHERROD WRIGHT is going to GEORGE MASON
Warren Coolidge April 17th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
This is a good signing for Section 1 Hoops. The NE-10 always has some good ballers. Kevin mentioned Quincy Desmond-Jones, Spoon Man mentioned Jason Holmes, there was also Shanty Robinson who went to St Rose a couple of years back. Randy Wilson from Peekskill is alumnus too. I know that one of the better players out of Section 9 in recent years – Marvin Billups of MW – began his career at Univ New Haven but couldn’t crack the line-up so he transferred to DIII SUNY Purchase and has become a star in the Skyline Conference. Just gives you some perspective on how good you have to be to play college hoops.
KINGHTSNUMBA1 April 18th, 2009 at 8:48 am
congrats to sean and the harris family. wonderful job MR. & MRS. Harris sean and greg are to wonderful kids. to those who do not know sean is the younger brother of greg harris #5 on mount vernon football team 4 years ago. who also got a scholarship to play div 1 football. good luck sean your at very good school.
Ccach Darlos April 18th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
CONGRATTSSSS HARRIS FAMILY

LOVE YOU GUYS-Sean good luck on your future

Former Razorback does good again. Sean, come down and speak to the kids playing spring football, soon.

Football Fans spring youth tackle football games will aired on Razorback TV- http://www.mvrazorbacks.com May and June Sundays at 7pm tune in,,,,Bigger then ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!!

We have New Ro kids, White Plains kids, MV kids gettin it in football STYLE, YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT!!! all playin together, wow!
Ccach Darlos April 18th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
CONGRATTSSSS HARRIS FAMILY

LOVE YOU GUYS-Sean good luck on your future

Former Razorback does good again. Sean, come down and speak to the kids playing spring football, soon.

Football Fans spring youth tackle football games will aired on Razorback TV- www mvrazorsbacks dot com- May and June Sundays at 7pm tune in,,,,
Bigger then ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!!

We have New Ro kids, White Plains kids, MV kids gettin it in football STYLE, YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT!!! all playin together, wow!
Coach Darlos April 18th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
hello – CONGRATTSSSS HARRIS FAMILY

LOVE YOU GUYS-Sean good luck on your future

Former Razorback does good again. Sean, come down and speak to the kids playing spring football, soon.

Football Fans spring youth tackle football games will aired on Razorback TV- www mvrazorsbacks dot com- May and June Sundays at 7pm tune in,,,,
Bigger then ESPN SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!!!

We have New Ro kids, White Plains kids, MV kids gettin it in football STYLE, YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT!!! all playin together, wow!

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