Trinity Scores Again
Salisbury School’s shooting guard Jon Seltzer has turned down several Division II scholarship offers and committed to Trinity College. Averaging 14.3 ppg., Seltzer is shooting 39% from behind the arc for the Crimson Knights.
“The most important factor in my decision was the academics," Seltzer said. "After you graduate, many of the players from the NESCAC schools develop relationships professionally and in the business world.”
Head coach James Cosgrove and assistant coach Chuck Bridge were regular visitors to the Salisbury gym during the fall workouts and they attended many of Seltzer’s games during the season.
“I was really sold on Trinity because I got along with the coaches and they have high goals for the program,” said Seltzer. “They want to be a NESCAC power and compete for a national championship. Coach Cosgrove has a great reputation and he’s won everywhere he’s been. With the other players he’s bringing in, I believe we can be a Top 25 Division-III program.”
On the recruiting process, Seltzer pointed out that it was exciting at first. He was getting scholarship offers from Division-II schools and had a few Division-I walk-on opportunities. The 6’4” two-guard from Philadelphia also added that, after a while, it was something that he wanted to wrap up quickly.
“Originally, all I wanted was to play D-I, but then you hit a point where the basketball ends and the academics become a priority," he said. "When Trinity began recruiting me, it was something I had to jump on.”
Seltzer was flying under the recruiting radar at Lower Merion High School after injury his knee early in his senior year, despite breaking the team’s three-point shooting percentage mark and being a two-time all-league player. He missed the summer circuit because he opted to play for the United States 18U team at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.
“I am thankful for Salisbury and the opportunity,” said Seltzer of his post-graduate year. “Without this prep school experience, I would never have dreamed about going to a high academic school like Trinity."
Jon Seltzer