Marist College of Pougkeepsie, N.Y., has dipped into the Scenic West Athletic Conference once again, securing a pair of Snow J.C. players.

According to Badgers Asst. Coach Curtis Condie, 6-1 combo guard David Bennett and 6-7 power forward Jared Hunsaker (pictured right, #54) have signed national letters of intent with Dave Magarity's Red Fox program.

Bennett and Hunsaker are the third and fourth former Badgers to move on to Marist after junior college. Last year, 6-9 Snow post Matt Tullis inked with Marist.

"They just felt very comfortable with Marist's program and they did a great job of recruiting them," Condie said.

Bennett had also been looked at this spring by Cornell and St. Mary's, while Rider had also expressed an interest in Hunsaker.

Bennett and Hunsaker both played well at the Region 18 quarters in a victory over Ricks. Snow, which is located in Ephraim, Ut., finished the season 26-6, bowing out to Southern Idaho in the Region 18 Semis in March.

Bennett, who has a long wiry build, has good wheels and is adept at breaking the defense down off the dribble and getting to the basket.

Hunsaker, a meat and potatoes 235 pound power forward, is a physical scrapper who does most of his damage in the paint.

Bennett started just five of 32 games, but he gave the Badgers excellent production off the bench, averaging 10.7 points, three rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in just under 15 minutes of action per contest. He shot 51 percent from the floor and 44 percent from beyond the three point arc.

Hunsaker averaged 9.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, starting 22 of 32 games while logging about 13 minutes a game. He shot 65 percent from the floor and 69 percent from the free throw line as a sophomore.

Bennett will have two years to play at Marist; however, there is a clock issue regarding Hunsaker, and right now, he has but a year to play at Marist.

"Marist is going to appeal it and they think that they can win it," Condie explained. "They checked into it before they signed him."

At issue is a year that Hunsaker sat out not related to his LDS mission (which is exempt from the NCAA Clock). He played two years at Snow, from 1999-2001.

In other news regarding the Snow program, 6-8, 255 pound post Travis Visentin will not attend Idaho next year.

Visentin had signed early with the Vandals, but the head coach who recruited him to Idaho, Dave Farrar, was let go in March.

"He's coming back to Snow," Condie said. "He will not graduate, but he has a redshirt year. He will be open game next year."

Visentin averaged 8.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and one block per game, coming off the bench in all 31 games he appeared in as a soph. He shot 58 percent from the floor and 65 percent from the line, logging 9.1 minutes per game.

A fourth Badger soph, 5-10 point guard Brooks Smith, has signed at Tennessee-Martin.

Smith averaged 10.4 points and 4.3 assists per contest, starting in 18 of 32 games. Smith shot 47 percent from the floor and 48 percent from beyond the three point arc.

Another soph, stocky 6-2 off guard Brandon Moore, has a mix of D-I and D-II looks this spring.

"He's still open but he's here in summer school," Condie said. "He may end up at Tennessee Martin as well. Arkansas Tech and Cal State Stanislaus are also involved."

Moore started 22 of 29 games for Snow, and was tops on the team in minutes played, with nearly 16 per game. He averaged 8.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game in 2000-2001, shooting 40 percent from the floor and 35 percent from beyond the arc.

Snow has one of the nation's better JUCO freshmen in 6-10, 205 pound forward Jackson Vroman.

A versatile and mobile big man with good athleiticism and some wing skills, Vroman averaged 10.8 points (tops on the team) and 5.6 rebounds (also tops) per game. He started 18 of 32 games and logged 13 minutes per game, shooting 54 percent from the floor on the year.

While Vroman will need to get stronger and tougher to play exclusively inside at the next level, a number of D-I programs have already taken notice of him.

"Iowa State is making a really hard push on him," Condie said. "But Purdue, Gonzaga and Utah State are also involved. He is going to get some looks because he is big and athletic."

Basketball runs in the Vroman bloodlines. Jackson's dad Brett played under the legendary John Wooden at UCLA for two years, and later transferred to UNLV, where he played for another coaching legend in Jerry Tarkanian.