LUDOWICI – Grant Frazier quickly found a home at Faith Baptist Christian Academy. Now, he hopes to do the same in Due West, South Carolina.

Frazier, who helped guide the Crusaders to the Southeastern Christian Conference championship, signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Erskine College. The 6-foot-1 guard averaged 14.8 points per game, along with 4.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

“I’m extremely humbled and blessed to be in the position I am now. The hard work pays off and I am excited for what comes.

Crusaders coach Jaquez Motley played basketball collegiately and professionally and along with winning titles – which FBCA did this season – getting players into college is the pinnacle for a coach.

“For me, it’s an amazing feeling, seeing the hard work he put in,” Motley said. “He stayed dedicated no matter what he was faced with. Seeing the success he had his senior year and ultimately getting this opportunity to play college basketball is what it’s all about.”

Motley said one of Frazier’s most impressive attributes is his attitude.

“He’s a great kid, a great person and it translates onto the court,” the coach said. “He’s going to listen to the coach and plays as hard as he can.”

With teammates, classmates and many other students waiting to take pictures with Frazier after his signing, the impact he had made in just one year was apparent to school leaders.

“This is a young man we have learned to love and respect,” Pastor Terry Sellars said. “To make that kind of impression is phenomenal. It speaks a lot about the character of his whole family and in particular his parents. I love the kid.”

Frazier said the support from the rest of the school left him humbled.

“Everybody here supported me,” he said. “To see everybody here makes me very happy.”

Frazier also played with a chip on his shoulder, he said, and wants to carry that mentality onto the college court.

“I’m underrated now,” he said.

Frazier, though, also acknowledged the college level will be a challenge.

“I’m trying to be a sponge so I can learn everything I can from my coach,” he said.