Indiana University Athletics
Lucas Steijn Announcement
1/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
January 5, 2005
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana freshman center Lucas Steijn has been declared ineligible for the second semester, IU coach Mike Davis announced today. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits the University from further commenting on the reason or details for any student-athlete ineligibility. Although Steijn did not appear in any of Indiana's first 11 games this season, he will still work out with the team.Steijn, a 6-10 center from Muiderberg, Netherlands, arrived in Bloomington after helping Notre Dame Academy in Middleburg, Va., to the 2004 Virginia Division II state title. Steijn averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game on a team that posted a 19-8 record and included three other NCAA Division I signees - Alan Metcalfe (Vanderbilt), Jason Killeen (Winthrop) and Joe Posey (James Madison).
Steijn spent three years playing for the Dutch National Team, where he averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game. Steijn also played one season with the Demon Astronauts in Amsterdam , where he averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per game, two years for the B.C. Shooters in Bunschoten, Netherlands and three years for the B.C. Quick Runners in Huitzen, Netherlands.
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