New Additions to Hawk Hill S
aint Joseph’s men’s basketball head coach Billy Lange has announced that Dahmir Bishop and Anton Jansson have enrolled at Hawk Hill for the spring 2020 semester. A standout at Imhotep Charter, Bishop returns to Philadelphia after transferring to Saint Joseph’s from Xavier. While with the Musketeers, the 6-foot-5 guard averaged 1.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 12.0 minutes per game over 10 contests. A two-time Pennsylvania Sports Writers Class AAAA First Team All-State selection, he helped lead the Panthers to three-straight PIAA Class 4A State titles and Philadelphia Public League championships alongside Chereef Knox. A four star recruit, Bishop averaged 12.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as a senior captain at Imhotep Charter. “We are beyond excited to have Dahmir Bishop on Hawk Hill, Philadelphia. Dahmir is a dynamic guard who can score with the ball in his hands and can score without the ball in his hands; his upside is tremendous. He is driven to be a professional basketball player, and we want to create a runway for him to do that here,” Lange said. “Dahmir competed for two highly-successful programs at Imhotep Charter and K-Low Elite. Having Philadelphia’s best players look at Saint Joseph’s as a place where they can come and compete for the story of our program, while chasing their individual dreams, is exactly what we want the City of Brotherly Love to think when they think of Saint Joseph's basketball.” A 6-foot-11 center, Jansson competed for
Sweden at the U20 U20 European Championship last summer. Helping his national team to a ninth-place finish, he averaged 3.5 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. Recently joining Golden State Prep in Napa, California, Jansson competed for KFUM Fryshuset Basket in 2017-18 and averaged 5.5 points per game. “One of the first things we loved about Anton, from the moment we met him, is his energy. He brings a great spirit day to day, a guy that loves his teammates, and a guy that just wants to get better. He fits the profile of the type of frontcourt player that we want in terms of his ability to play on the inside and the outside. Most importantly, he is very competitive and physical," said Lange. "International recruiting is very important for our vision of being a national championship contender here at Saint Joseph's and Anton helps us get that started.” Jansson will be eligible to play for the Hawks in the fall of 2020, while Bishop will sit out due to NCAA transfer rules.
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