Austin Alexander (Atlantic, Iowa) has signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Northwestern College next year.

Alexander is a 6'7" shooting guard/forward who has lettered two years for the Atlantic basketball team heading into his senior season. Alexander earned second team all-conference honors after averaging 12 points, three rebounds and four assists per game as a junior. He drilled 56 three-pointers while shooting an impressive 46% from beyond the arc, leading his team to a 19-6 overall record and a trip to the state tournament. Alexander averaged over five points per game and made 25 three-pointers as a sophomore. Alexander is a member of the National Honor Society and honor roll. He is the son Matt Alexander.

"We are so excited to have a person and player like Austin choose to become a part of the Red Raider family!" commented head coach Kris Korver. "Austin is a young man with an excellent work ethic and strong character. He is a versatile athlete and ball player who can handle the ball and distribute the basketball like a guard while standing at 6'7''.  Austin is a fantastic shooter and we believe he has an extremely bright future. We hope that the signing of Austin will attract other quality young men in the class of 2018 to join him here at Northwestern."