BATON ROUGE – LSU Coach Will Wade announced on Monday that the LSU Athletics Department has received and approved national letter-of-intent papers from five-star guard Cameron Thomas of Chesapeake, Virginia.
Thomas, a 6-4 guard plays for Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. He is listed at No. 18 in the ESPN 100 for 2020 and as the No. 4 shooting guard in the country. 247sports has him listed at No. 25 in the country and the No. 6 shooting guard for 2020. So far in the 2019-20 season, he is averaging 32.5 points a game shooting 57.1 percent from the floor and 44.2 percent from the arc with a high of 45 points against Bristol Prep of Tennessee. Thomas is averaging 3.7 assists and 3.6 steals per game this season.
Welcome to LSU from Oak Hill Academy, Cam Thomas!#BootUp ?? pic.twitter.com/13akzyIPSZ
— LSU Basketball (@LSUBasketball) November 18, 2019
“Cameron Thomas is the best scorer in the country and also has a great ability to make plays for others on the court,” said Coach Will Wade. “We are extremely happy to welcome Cam and his mother, Leslie, to the LSU basketball family.”
Thomas led the Nike EYBL circuit in scoring at 29.5 points a game. He ranked No. 1 in field goals made and was in the top 10 in three-pointers made.
Will Wade on five-star signee Cam Thomas (@24_camthomas): “We knew we needed a prolific scorer, and he’s that in spades.”
Thomas signed his NLI today. Wade says he’s the best scorer he’s seen come out of AAU/high school since he’s been coaching and comes from a great family. pic.twitter.com/OylQK3oZSY
— Cody Worsham (@CodyWorsham) November 18, 2019
This is the fourth five-star prospect to sign with LSU under Coach Wade joining present freshman Trendon Watford and present sophomore Emmitt Williams. The third was forward Naz Reid, who had 32 points this past Saturday in his rookie season with the Iowa G-League team on a contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Cameron makes three signees for LSU in the early signing period joining point guard Jalen Cook of Walker High School in Walker, Louisiana and forward Bradley Ezewiro, also of Oak Hills Academy. Ezewiro hails from Torrance, California.