Campbellsville University has signed two more Kentucky high school standouts to go along with Glasgow star Cameron Hall as the Tigers' early signees for 2010-2011.

Campbellsville High School guard Bryton Taylor, who was named the Region 5 Player of the Year is the most recent addition for CU, signing in late April. The Tigers second signee of the year was Jeremiah Johnson of Holmes High School. Hall was the Tigers' first signee in mid-December.


"We've signed three high school players that we're really excited about. I think the future really looks good when you look at the perimeter and that side of our recruiting. When you bring in Cameron Hall as a point, Bryton Taylor as a wing and Jeremiah Johnson as a wing, I think we've maxed out what we can do from a high school standpoint," CU head coach Keith Adkins said.

Taylor averaged 19 points per game for the Eagles and helped lead Campbellsville to the Kentucky Region 5 championship game in 2010. CHS won the 5^th Region, 20^th District title with a 74-53 win over cross-town rival Taylor County on Feb. 27.

A signing event was held for Taylor at Campbellsville High School on April 20. He was joined by his parents, Matthew Sanders and Sharon Taylor; sister, Gabby Sanders; CHS principal Kirby Smith; CHS head coach Tim Davis; Tiger assistant coach Bryan Milburn and Adkins.

"I'm really excited about the opportunity to sign Bryton Taylor. I think he brings a lot to the table as a student-athlete. I think his upside is tremendous. He is a great athlete that isn't close to scratching the surface to how good he can be," Adkins said. "Next year will be the first time in his athletic career that he has concentrated on only one sport. He has been a three-sport star since middle school. Even more exciting about his potential is the fact that he's still 17 years old. He may benefit from a redshirt year initially but that is something we'll decide next fall."

Similar to Taylor, Johnson will also be a young incoming freshman in the fall. During Johnson's three years as a starter at Holmes, the Bulldogs posted a 95-11 record, winning the Kentucky state championship in 2009 and finishing as runner-up in 2008.

Jeremiah Johnson in the 2009 KHSAA Championship (Photo by Wayne Litmer)

Johnson, a 6-foot-4 guard/forward, averaged 9.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 31 games played as the third-leading scorer in 2009-2010. He collected 44 steals and shot 32 percent from 3-point range. He was named the MVP of the 35^th District Tournament. His brother Ricardo, the MVP of the 2009 Sweet 16, has committed to Ohio University.

"JJ is a real versatile guard. He's a really nice, 6-4 athletic kid that brings four years of eligibility to the table, and he's really skilled. You can put the ball in his hands and let him create some things for other people. I think he's going to become a better shooter in college than he was in high school," Adkins said. "The bottom line is he comes from a successful program. He's been on successful basketball teams and knows what it takes to win. We also feel in the future he will be type of defender we need."

Campbellsville is coming off its eighth NAIA National Tournament appearance and its first-ever regular season Mid-South Conference championship after finishing the year with a 28-6 record. The Tigers return six players from the 2009-10 roster that played in at least two-thirds of their games.