ORANGEBURG, SC—South Carolina State head men's basketball coach Murray Garvin, has added an addition in the backcourt with the signing of shooting/point guard Gerdarius Troutman out of Taylor County High School in Butler, Ga. to a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bulldogs this upcoming 2014-15 season.

Troutman, a 6-4 guard, was the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) 4-AA Player of the Year while earning a spot on the Middle Georgia Classic All-Star team.

He was named to the 2013-14 Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-State 1^st team, Hoopseen.com All-State 1^st team, and 1^st team All-Middle Georgia teams. This past season he averaged 22.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game and made a season-high 66 3-pointers, earning 1^st team Georgia Athletics Coaches Association (GACA) All-Region honors.

A three-year starter for the Vikings during his career, Troutman was named the GACA 4-AA Player of the Year during his sophomore and junior years. A GACA 1^st team All-State selection in 2012 and 2013, he also earned 1^st team All-Regions honors while being named to Atlanta Journal Constitution 2^nd team as a sophomore and was recognized as a "Fab Five Player" in Central Georgia for all classifications during his junior season.

Troutman highlighted his senior season scoring a career-high 47 points while knocking down a record 11 3-pointers in a single game. He closed out his Viking career with 327 career 3-pointers made, with several games where he had made eight or more in a contest.

He holds a 3.7 grade point average and received several offers from Florida Atlantic, New Hampshire and a host of other Division I schools throughout the country.

"We are excited about adding a young man with Gerdarius' abilities to our program, but we are even more excited about the young man's character off the court," said Garvin. "He was one of the prolific 3-point shooters in the state of Georgia over his prep career and his accolades speak for themselves."