New York Post: Shaun Lawton saw himself as a Division I player.

It didn’t matter that he didn’t have any offers after helping Long Island Lutheran to the New York State Federation Class A title or even after a solid summer on the AAU circuit with the Long Island Lightning.

Rather than go to a Division II school – the Harlem native had a few options – he opted to do a postgraduate year at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut.

“A lot of people said I shouldn’t go to a prep school, go Division II,” he recalled. “I chased my dreams.”

And after a stellar season at PSA, he achieved them. Lawton verbally committed to Maine on Friday, choosing the America East program over Norfolk State.

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