Zach Arington has recently become the fifth member of the Indiana Wesleyan University men's basketball 2009 recruiting class.

Arington, a 6-8 and 250 pound post player from Mariemont High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, was a three-year letter winner for the Mariemont Warriors on the hardwood and a three year member of the Academic All-Conference team.

Despite being limited to fewer than 10 games during his senior year due to a knee injury, Arington showed great promise his junior year when he averaged better than a double-double after being inserted into the starting line up during the last five games of the season. For his efforts during this season, Arington was given the Most Improved Player award.

Arington has a vast array of international experience, playing in basketball related missions trips to Brazil and China and helping conduct basketball clinics in Belize and Mexico. He recently returned from Haiti where he helped serve youth in a non-basketball trip.

This mission's focus has IWU head coach Greg Tonagel very excited. "We could not be more excited to have a young man of Zach's character and potential entering our program," said Tonagel. "Zach enters our program with a great understanding of the ‘I Am Third' principle that we try to instill in all of our players, which tells us to put God first, our teammates second, and ourselves third."

Arington was also a standout on the football field, where he was an all-conference performer in the Cincinnati Hills League at Offensive Tackle. His success on and off the athletic fields led him to earning the Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award.

Arington joins Patrick Hopkins, Aaron Martin, George Jones IV and Taylor Schoen in Indiana Wesleyan's recruiting class.