Local star coming home

Auston Leslie transfers to UAH

During a stay at home order, uah basektball was able to bring a top local player back to his stomping grounds in huntsville.

Ll: recruiting looks different when you're going through a global pandemic.

"you gotta recruit off the phone, you gotta recruit off the tapes."

But luckily for the chargers, westminster christian academy alum, auston leslie, was on uah's radar long before the coronavirus shut down sports... "auston leslie was our biggest target, we had to have auston leslie."

After choosing southern miss out of high school, leslie decided to spend his remaining three years of eligibility playing for the chargers.

"you gotta keep the relationship, regardless if they say yes or no.

First time he said no, second time he said yes" head coach john shulman says leslie fits the charger culture... and he can't wait to get him on the court, with the defending gulf south conference champs.

"he is really a unique kid, a great kid, and will be very exciting for charger nation i know that."

Ll: auston leslie had a standout basketball and track career for the wildcats.

Shulman says he can jump through the roof.

The chargers are looking to start working out again, once colleges are given the clear to go back to class.

Reporting in huntsville, lynden blake, waay 31 sports.