North Platte – Victor Lewis, who played basketball for the North Platte Community College Knights the past two seasons has signed a national letter of intent with the West Texas A&M Buffaloes, located in Amarillo, Texas for the 2017-18 basketball season.

The Buffaloes are a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division Two program, competing in the Lone Star Conference. They finished the 2016-17 season with a 26-9 record and 12-6 in the conference, losing to Texas A&M-Kingsville in the conference championship game. The Buffaloes qualified for the NCAA South Central Regionals, going 2-1.

Lewis, a 6’4” guard from Arlington, Texas, averaged 9.4 points per game in 53 games for the Knights. During his sophomore season, Lewis averaged 10.7 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game, and 1.8 assists per game.

Lewis said that he chose West Texas A&M because of their strong business and medical programs. Lewis is going to major in healthcare management and minor in sports and athletic sciences.

“It is a top-tier school academically” Lewis said, “About 90 percent of the graduates have jobs before they graduate. It will give me a chance to suceed after my basketball playing days are over”

Lewis is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an academic honors society for two-year colleges.

Lewis said, “We will compete against some of the top teams in the country, including a possible exhibition against major Division I colleges.