PSA’s Samuelsheaded to Tennessee Tech
PUTNAM — Kamai Samuels is the fifth member of the 2025-2026 Putnam Science Academy men’s prep basketball team to commit to a Div. I program. Samuels will continue his academic and athletic career at Tennessee Tech University out of the Ohio Valley Conference. 
Samuels called the recruiting process, “eventful”, as he had the opportunity to visit multiple schools in the last few weeks. “It was a great experience, new experience. It was a tough process making a decision; ultimately it came down to one school.” That one school was Tennessee Tech and newly appointed head coach Tobin Anderson. 
It was coach Anderson’s investment in Samuels’s game that was the driving force to his commitment to the school. “He came to see me early in the fall and said just be patient. If he gets a head coaching job, I stayed patient,” Samuels said. “On the visit he showed me everything I need to work on, how he’s going to get me better. The play style fits, beautiful campus, felt like it was right.” 
The realization that Tennessee Tech was the place for Samuels came after coach Anderson was tabbed as the next head coach of the program.
 “As soon as coach Tobin got the job, I knew great things would happen,” said Samuels. Samuels described the moment of commitment as a “relief”, but emphasized that “the job is not done.”
By Ben Heacox

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