Kent State University at Tuscarawas is announcing the signing of a 2024 Melvindale Academy (Detroit, MI) High School senior to their women's basketball team.

Alexis Wilkes recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Golden Eagles.

Wilkes, a six-foot center/forward, was a two-year letterwinner for the Cardinals basketball team and garnered Team MVP and All-Western Wayne County Athletic Conference (WWCAC) honors as a senior. She averaged 20.1 points per game to go along with a 10 rebound and five block average per game as well, for the red and white who play in the Michigan High School Athletic Association D1 Division of District 19.

Academically, she has earned a 3.5 GPA and will pursue a bachelor's degree in psychology at Kent State Tuscarawas.

She has been very involved in a teen mentoring program and is a club officer for PPG---Pretty Powerful & Goaled in the Detroit area. PPG is an organization that helps young ladies find and embrace their inner strength to achieve and exceed in their life's goals.

"We are very pleased to sign a young woman of Alexis' character," said KSU Tuscarawas Head Women's Basketball Coach Darryl "D.A." Anderson. "She has been a game changer and team leader throughout her high school career and I fully expect that she will step up and lead the Golden Eagles as well. Alexis brings a soft-spoken presence, but her motor is in high gear when she's on the court."

Alexis Wilkes signs while her father Antoine Wilkes witnesses her signing.

(Photo courtesy of Melvindale Academy Athletics)