San Marcos, Texas – Doug Davalos and the Texas State men's basketball team added junior college standout Joel Wright to its signing class. Wright's national letter of intent brings the Bobcat signing class to three.

“We are thrilled to add Joel to our Bobcat basketball family.  Joel will be an immediate impact player for us,” said Davalos. “He is a high energy, physical forward that can score inside and out. He is an outstanding rebounder and a versatile defender that takes pride in all aspects of his game.  Most importantly, he loves to compete and he hates to lose.  Joel helped lead Blinn to one of their best seasons in school history and we look forward to similar results at Texas State.”

Wright is a 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward from Blinn College. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native averaged 15.3 points per game and 6.8 rebounds per game for the Buccaneers this past season. Wright's success earned him all-conference and all-region first team honors. He helped lead Blinn to the Region XIV championship game, where he finished with a team-high 20 points and was selected to the all-tournament team.

Wright will join previously committed Ray Dorsey and Darius Richardson; all three will play for the Bobcats beginning in the fall of 2012. Dorsey, a 6-foot-3, 170-pound guard from Lewisville High School and Richardson, a 6-foot-4, 205 pound guard, formerly of UT Arlington signed with the Bobcats in the early signing period.