Trailblazers sign HBCA All-Star MVP Logan Webb

VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer basketball team picked up another big signing Thursday morning with the addition of six-foot two Linton product Logan Webb.

“We’re just happy to have him,” VU Hall of Fame Head Coach Todd Franklin said. “He’s a good young man. He’s a local guy, Indiana guy. We always love to get those guys. They have to be guys that can come in and help the program. We watched him during the season, watched him practice and had him over here on a visit.”

“I think he brings the type of attitude and work ethic that we want and like,” Franklin added. “He’s the kind of guy off the court and in the classroom that we like and he brings a weapon of being able to shoot the ball. He’s a guy that is used to winning and he has a little bit of size and strength to him, which is important to making that transition to college basketball. At the end of the day, those are the things that led us to him. I think he was attracted to what we do and the opportunity it provided to him to show and develop and work better and show the world that he can play at the next level.”

Webb comes to VU after leading the Linton-Stockton Miners to the IHSAA Class 2A State Championship game this past season under Head Coach and VU’s own Joey Hart.

Webb helped the Miners reach the State Championship game after an impressive 28-point performance, including five made threes against Brownstown Central in the Semi-State Finals in March.

Webb averaged 16.7 points, four rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Linton this past season, including 67 three-point makes as a senior as the Miners finished the season with a very impressive 29-2 record overall, setting a new school record for wins in a season.

Webb recently played in the Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game at North Daviess High School, in which he led his team with 26 points, all in the second half, including eight made threes and being named the Most Valuable Player of the game.

Webb was also a member of the Linton Miners football team which won the school’s first Sectional and Regional Championships since moving up to Class 2A this past fall.

“We can look at all of the traits that you want, but we really don’t know about a guy until he comes in,” Franklin said. “Does he fit, is he a guy that can make it here, does he want what we do. We are kind of unique in how we go about our work. We’re pretty clear on that. So, not everybody fits that and we think he does those things but where it ends up playing, who knows. You get 15 quality players in here and they go to work every day and you see who improves and who fits in and that process never ends.”

“We’ll throw him into the mix with all of these guys,” Franklin added. “He’s been around here a little bit. He’s met our guys and I think he’d fit in. So we’ll see how quickly he can adapt. Guarding guys at this level is a whole different thing. Getting your shot off at this level is a whole different thing and you never know how fast guys adapt to that until they are in here and going at it every day.”

“We didn’t know if Colton Sandage, when he came in here, was going to play his freshman year,” Franklin said. “As late as mid-October his freshman year we were still thinking about redshirting him. But by the end, he was a key component on a National Championship team. You just don’t know. You throw them in there and you put good people in there and you go to work every day and see what happens and Logan is one of those guys.”

Webb joins Tennessee 3A Mr. Basketball Damarien Yates and Henderson County point guard Gerard Thomas in the 2023 VU Men’s Basketball recruiting class to go along with seven returning players from last year’s squad.

The Trailblazers are coming off a big bounce back season where VU finished with a record of 30-6, VU’s 19th 30-win season in program history and reached the Quarterfinals of the NJCAA National Championship tournament.

“We’ve just got to get guys that fit us,” Franklin said. “We want to get the best players possible that fit us. We don’t want anybody that doesn’t fit us, so we are being really picky with that. If we end up with two or three older guys that have been through some things and fit, that would be great. If they are not, if it ends up being just younger guys, great.”

“Positionally, we are always looking to get better and better players at each spot but right now we’ve got some guys at every position,” Franklin added. “We probably need another five at some point, but we’ve got guys that can play inside and get things done already. But if you are looking at it, we probably need another five or another guard that’s older that has some pop, but who knows. We are going to get guys that can play that fit us and we’ve got five more spots left to fill with guys like that. As long as we stay true to who we are, I think we’ll be fine.”

The Vincennes University Athletic Department would like to welcome Logan Webb to the 2023 recruiting class and wishes him well as he finishes his senior year of high school.