The 6-foot-6 senior guard from Shawnee, Kansas, Wagler officially signed with the Illini on Thursday
Keaton Wagler, a 6-foot-6, 180-pound senior guard from Shawnee, Kansas, made his commitment to Illinois official by signing with the Illini on Thursday.
Wagler, rated as a four-star guard and a top-150 recruit by 247 Sports, averaged 12.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists as a junior at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, and led the school to a 25-0 season and the 2024 Kansas Class 6A championship. A first-team Class 6A all-state selection last season, Wagler shot 52 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point range, which tracks with Illini coach Brad Underwood's recent prioritization of perimeter shooting.🔸 Four-star recruit by 247Sports ranked No. 150 overall in the 2025 class
🔹 Averaged 12.5 points, six rebounds, and three assists, while shooting 50% from three, during his junior season"Keaton is a young man who can play multiple positions on the perimeter and fits us with positional size, elite shooting ability, strong work ethic and a winner's mentality," Underwood said. "He comes from a great basketball family, is a high IQ player and won a Kansas state championship – the first ever for his school.
Wagler will have another year to bulk up and develop his game before joining the Illini, and then should expect another year of development working behind guards Kylan Boswell, Tre White and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn.Jason Langendorf is a longtime journalist who has covered football and basketball, among other sports, for ESPN, Sporting News, the Chicago Sun-Times and numerous other publications.
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