Four-Star PF Mayan Kiir Makes The Switch From VCU To LSU

Four-star power forward Mayan Kiir from Bradenton, FL officially made the switch from VCU to LSU when he signed with the Tigers Thursday. The LSU athletic department received his official national letter-of-intent paperwork on Thursday.

The 6-10 power forward is originally the South Sudan and lived in Melbourne, Australia, before playing the past four seasons at Victory Rock Prep in Florida. He is Will Wade's first signee as the head coach at LSU. Per LSUSports.net:

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“We are happy to have Mayan Kiir as an LSU Tiger,” said Coach Wade. “He has tremendous upside after a high school and AAU career in which he was extremely well-coached in a system that is similar to what we will have here at LSU. He’s got good range. He’s tremendous on the offensive and defensive boards. He’s terrific defensively and we look forward to him joining our team for the coming season.”

Kiir, who was ranked 95th on ESPN’s 2017 recruiting list as a four-star recruit, is ranked by Scout as the 15th best power forward in the class of 2017.

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Kiir visited LSU in the fall before verbally committing to VCU. His coach Loren Jackson says Kiir's relationship with Wade is the reason he landed in Baton Rouge. Per Yahoo:

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“We had already visited LSU back in the fall and when we committed to Will Wade and VCU, we did it because of the relationship that Mayan had with Will. He is just really, really comfortable with Will Wade,” Jackson said.

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