Decision time is coming for Dalven Brushier.
The 6-foot-2 Doherty guard, who recently finished his senior season by being named the Colorado Springs Metro League player of the year, plans to sign with a school on April 13, national signing day.
A stellar senior season in which he averaged 18.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists garnered him a handful of scholarship offers from junior college to the Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
"I have full scholarship offers, and that's a blessing, I'm thankful to God for that," said Brushier, who added that he also received offers to be a preferred walk-on at a couple Division I programs. "I have one more visit to take and then I'm going to make a decision before signing day because I'd like to sign on signing day."
Brushier said he's long dreamed of playing Division I basketball, but being close to the RMAC, which thrives on a national stage each season, has allowed him to see how high the level of competition at that level.
"There are some great players in that league," he said. "The RMAC is really great competition."
Brushier admits that choosing a path is challenging, especially with D-I dreams still in his head.
"That's always been my dream because I want to go to the highest potential, whatever that is and whatever God has for me," Brushier said. "If I can play in the (NBA), then that'd be cool, or if I could play overseas, whatever it is. I feel like Division I is a great platform to play on. So that's something I'm keeping in mind."
Brushier makes it clear that he has not yet made the decision on his college basketball future, but he did allow he's leaning one way.
"I'm thinking I'm more leaning toward the juco side, to be honest," Brushier said. "A lot of people have different opinions, but just talking to my family and praying about it and talking to people around, I think that's something I want to do. For now, I'm kind of leaning juco."
Brushier put himself in position to have such choices after a strong year that began with his performance last summer with the The Force club team, which he helped lead to a bracket title at the Adidas Invitational in Indianapolis.
Then their game his senior season at Doherty, in which he led the Spartans all the way to the Class 5A quarterfinals, where they fell to eventual champion Overland.
"I got a lot better as a player, but I think as a person these guys taught me so much," Brushier said of his Doherty coaching staff and teammates. "Being our leader, I learned from them just as much as they learned from me. I probably learned more from them, just all the things I saw with our teamwork and what we accomplished.
