Sehome’s Kingma commits to play basketball at D-III Whitman

Sehome senior Leighton Kingma has committed to play basketball at Whitman College, according to an email from Mariners athletic director Colin Cushman.

Kingma, a 6-foot-6 wing, tied for fifth in the Northwest Conference in scoring last season with his 17.4 points per game. He was selected second-team All-NWC by the league’s coaches.

He heads to a Whitman program that finished second in the Northwest Conference with a 24-5 overall record (14-2 NWC) last season and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Division III Tournament before falling to eventual national champion St. Thomas of Minnesota.

The Bellingham Herald

This story was originally published April 11, 2016 at 2:25 PM with the headline "Sehome’s Kingma commits to play basketball at D-III Whitman."