Layson Baars

Available Fall 2012

State/Province: -
Country: The Netherlands
Height: 5.9ft
Weight: 165lbs

Personal Information

Layson is a 16 year old guy who is addicted to the game of basketball. The love for his game started at the streets of Arnhem where he was born and raised. Layson has a calm personality of the court. However once he is on the basketball court, he will do everything in his power to win. Layson is fluent in Dutch, English, German and Papiamento. Besides that he speaks bit of Spanish as well.

Athletic Information

Layson has been playing basketball on the streets since he was 7 years old. He started to play for a clubteam at the age of 13. Soon his talent was discovered by coaches of higher leagues. As a result of that, Layson will play next season in the highest youth league of the Netherlands. He plays at the guard position and was captain of the team. Layson went to a lot of basketball camps the last two years where he improved his game tremendously. His strong points are his physical endurance, speed and his winners’ mentality. He has very good passing skills, great court awereness ans shows floor leadership. His specialty is his fast drive with ball to the bucket and he is able to dunk. His statistics of last year were:

PPG (points percentage) of 28.3
RPG (rebounds percentage) of 4.7
APG (assist percentage) of 7.2
SPG (steals percentage) of 2.6
BPG (blocks percentage) of 1.5
FT% (free throws percentage) 89%
3PT%(3-point percentage) 74%

Academic Information

Layson just received his VMBO diploma. Comming year he will start his MBO CIOS. Layson will do his TOEFL exam in April and should be eligible to compete at NJCAA level.