BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Lithuanian international forward Laurynas Vaištaras has signed a national letter of intent with Campbell University, head men's basketball coach Kevin McGeehan announced Wednesday. 
 
A 6-foot-6 forward, Vaištaras joins Dray Burton, PJ Carter and Gediminas Mokšeckas in the 2020 Fighting Camel recruiting class.
 
Vaištaras has represented his country at each age level and won silver with Lithuania at the 2016 FIBA U-16 European Championship. At the 2019 European U-18 Championship, he averaged 6.7 points and 4.5 rebounds.  He graduated from Kaunas Varpas Gymnasium in 2019 after contributing 25 points, 10 rebounds and five assists per game.  The native of Plunges, Lithuania played for Žalgiris II this past season.
 
"Laurynas completes what will be a very successful class for Campbell Basketball," said McGeehan, the 2019 Big South Coach of the Year who is entering his eighth year in charge of the program.  "We are very excited about his well-rounded game. He can guard multiple positions and has good skill, passes really well and has the ability to play inside and out. Laurynas has had some really good experience competing for his country in international play for the last few years. He is a good student and I believe the kind of kid who will have a very good career at Campbell."
 
Vaištaras is one of four native Europeans on the 2020-21 Camel roster, joining junior Milos Stajcic (Belgrade, Serbia), sophomore Jesús Carralero (Málaga, Spain) and fellow freshman Gediminas Mokšeckas (Vilnius, Lithuania) in Buies Creek this fall.
 
The four-man freshman class joins a Fighting Camel program that compiled three-straight postseason appearances from 2017-19 and won the 2019 Big South Conference regular season championship.
 
2019-20 Campbell Basketball Recruits
 
Dray Burton | 6-0, 175 | Freshman | Guard | Greenville, S.C. |Powdersville HS
Twice named all-state and 3A region player of the year… Led state of South Carolina and ranked 22nd in the nation as a senior with a 32.1 scoring average with 2.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.9 steals per game… Second-ranked 3A recruit in S.C. as a senior… Four-time all-region choice… Scored 23.7 points per game as a junior… Also led his team in scoring as a sophomore (16.6)… Selected to participate in the North-South All-Star Game… Four-year member of the Academic Principal's list with a 4.0 grade-point average…
 
PJ Carter | 6-5, 170 | Freshman | Guard | Atlanta, Ga. |Langston Hughes HS
Named first-team 6A all-state by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a senior, while also earning all-state recognition from HoopSeen, the Georgia Coaches Association and Sandy's Spiel… Chosen All-Metro by the Atlanta Tip-off Club… Averaged 19.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.9 steals as a senior, while shooting 43 percent from the floor, 38 percent from 3-point range…  Named region player of the year… As a junior, chosen honorable mention all-state and 6-A Most Improved Player by Sandy's Spiel when he averaged 19 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals... Also named academic all-region…
 
Gediminas Mokšeckas | 6-4, 190 | Freshman | Guard | Vilnius, Lithuania |Archbishop Ryan HS (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Named Philadelphia Northeast Times player of the year and second-team all-conference in the Philadelphia Catholic League… Helped lead Archbishop Ryan to the quarterfinal round before the state playoffs were canceled due to the coronavirus…. Finished second in his league in scoring with 532 total points (19 per game), while averaging 5.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists...  As a junior, named third-team all-Catholic league after averaging 13 points, four rebounds and 3.5 assists…
 
Laurynas Vaištaras | 6-6, 200 | Freshman | Forward | Plunges, Lithuania | Kaunas Varpas Gymnasium
Represented Lithuania in 2019 FIBA U-18 European Championships… Averaged 6.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists… Scored 14 points with 8 rebounds and 4 assists vs. Great Britain… Averaged 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists for Kaunas Varpas (high school) in 2019… Played in 35 games for Žalgiris II club in 2019-20, averaging 3.2 points and 2.9 rebounds… Helped lead Žalgiris to silver medal in 2017 Lithuanian second division… Member of silver medal winning team at 2016 European U-16 Championship…