Prospect Profile: Tai Giger (2018)
Basketball is a part of life for the Giger family who now reside in Asheville, North Carolina. Father Tony Giger was inducted into the Upper Iowa University athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. Giger sits in fifth all time at…
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Continue ReadingBasketball is a part of life for the Giger family who now reside in Asheville, North Carolina. Father Tony Giger was inducted into the Upper Iowa University athletic Hall of Fame in 2000. Giger sits in fifth all time at Upper Iowa University with 1,738 points and is sixth in rebounds with 740. His junior year he averaged 24.1 points per game and was named Iowa Intercollegiate Conference MVP in 1987.
The second oldest Giger, Dee Giger enjoyed a stellar career at Christ School just outside of Asheville where he was named all-conference all four years. He helped Christ School to 3-straight NCISAA state championships and a 98-9 overall record in his time there. Dee Giger would go on to play at Harvard University.
Tai Giger is a rising junior point guard for Carolina Day School in Asheville and averaged 12.9 points per game this past season to lead the Wildcats. Carolina Day finished last season at 22-5 overall and advanced to the first round of the NCISAA 2-A playoffs.
He is a true floor general that gets his teammates involved, he can score in a variety of ways but is best suited to set up others. “I am a strong rebounding guard, I am a excellent shooter, well beyond the three point line, I have a nice mid-range jump shot, I have strong body that can take contact at the rim and finish and have great court vision”, he stated as his strengths.
The younger Giger spent this summer working out with his brother Dee, “My goals for the summer was to balance my roles of being a scoring point guard and running the team. My oldest brother that played division one basketball at Harvard helped me persue those goals by creating a workout routine with me for the summer. The workout consisted of becoming both physically stronger and mentally stronger, while getting up alot of shots and alot of ball handling.”
Giger stated that his goals for the upcoming season are, ” to show that I can run a team, become an elite point guard, lead my team to the conference and state tournament, lead my team to back to back seasons with 20 plus win, continue the momentum that I have gained over the summer in regards to my college recruitment and to average 20 ppg 5 rebounds and 5 assist with 3 steals.”
Wofford College, Lee University, College of Charleston, Catawba College, Queens College, Hampden-Sydney College, Garner-Webb University, Radford University, UNCA, Newberry College, Belmont Abbey College, Hampton University and University of Montevallo [AL]” have showed interest Giger stated.
Playing basketball in a football town is a tough task and basketball takes second seat to football in Western North Carolina but players around here are starting to change that persona. “I feel that basketball players don’t receive the same respect here as they do in football. Maybe they put more emphasis on football because we have many football players that have played at both the college level and the pro level. While we don’t have many basketball players that have played at the college level and pro level. I think Asheville should promote the high school basketball players more than they currently do.”