Zags Blog: Shaq Stokes left the University of Hawaii to be closer to his ill grandmother and on Friday he chose his new school.

The former Lincoln High point guard will suit up at Hofstra and hopes to secure a hardship waiver to play in the 2012-13 season. He will have three years once he becomes eligible.

“It felt like the best situation for me,” the 5-foot-11, 172-pound Stokes told SNY.tv. “My family loved the visit. The coaches are an unbelievable coaching staff with great fire and passion to change the program around. It felt like Lincoln all over again walking through the doors.”

Stokes, who also considered Fordham, Penn State, Niagara, Rhode Island and St. Peter’s, added that he plans to apply for a hardship waiver “ASAP.”

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