Matthew Onken (Marshall, Minn.) has signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career at Northwestern College next year.

Onken is a 6'6" forward who had an outstanding four-year career playing for the Marshall Tigers.  As a senior, Onken averaged 14 points, 5 rebound and 2 assists per contest, while leading the Tigers to a Big South Conference championship.  He received first team all-conference accolades, both as a junior and senior.  Onken also excels in the classroom where he was an honor student for 4 years and earned a spot on the Academic All-State team as a senior.  He plans to major in chemistry/physics secondary education at Northwestern College.  Onken is the son of Brian and Linda.

"We are so excited to have a person and player like Matt choose to become a part of the Red Raider family!" commented head coach Kris Korver. "Matt is a young man with an excellent work ethic and strong character. He is a versatile athlete and ball player who plays the game with great basketball IQ.  Matt is someone we see having an extremely bright future here at Northwestern, and we are excited to see him grow over the next 4 years."