Trevor Hennig is a lifelong Washingtonian and hadn’t much thought anything about Utah until this summer when Weber State coaches added an official offer to the shooting guard’s ledger.

After visiting the state last month, it didn’t take long for the 6-foot-4 basketball player to decide it’s where he wants to play college basketball.

Over a longstanding offer to Eastern Washington and by canceling an official visit to Washington State, Hennig announced his commitment to Weber State with an Instagram post Wednesday.

“Weber was just everything I loved in a school. They fit my play style, the type of people,” Hennig said. “They were the type of program I wanted, just everything about it.”

Hennig is a multi-year starter at Mount Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington. He’s a career 70% shooter on two-pointers, 44% on 3-pointers and 80% at the free-throw line.

Despite sharing the floor last season with 6-foot-10 Miles Heide, now enrolled at San Diego State, it was Hennig who led the 25-4 Mount Si Wildcats in scoring at 19 points per game, adding 3.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.2 steals per contest.

“I think I can stretch the court with shooting and I can attack closeouts,” Hennig said about his game. “But I think playmaking is a part of my game I’m trying to incorporate, just making the right play, the winning play … maybe not an assist but a hockey assist, just create a play for someone else.”

After averaging 10 points per game as a freshman, Hennig pulled in an offer from Eastern Washington during his sophomore year, one in which he scored 17 points per game. He led his team with 18 points, going 4 of 8 from downtown, in a 30-point win to end the regular season in early February 2022.

That was the last game he’d play for some time.

Pain and discomfort in his back had become worse and he discovered he’d suffered a stress fracture. The only path forward was to stop playing for what doctors said would be nine months, otherwise risking any potential basketball career he saw for himself.

He watched from the sideline as his team made it to Washington’s 4A state title game and lost late, ending an undefeated season and keeping them from the ultimate trophy.

“I learned how taking your time matters. It was a lot of tedious work, just repetitiveness in stretching and core exercises,” Hennig said. “I was in a back brace for six months. So that was difficult, just making sure everything was right.”

He missed the summer circuit in 2022 and his recruiting hit a long pause.

The urging of his parents kept him on track through the grueling rehab process — his parents were both college players at Central Washington and high school coaches themselves — and Hennig came out on the other side more athletic than before due to his dedication to core workouts and stretches.

“Just learning to deal with that adversity and everything, it just overall made me a better player,” Hennig said.

By December 2022, he scored 21 points to lead Mount Si in a season-opening win to start his junior year.

“He fits their system well,” Mount Si head coach Jason Griffith told writer Todd Milles. “His ability to get up and down the floor, combined with his skill set will translate (to college) quickly.”

His September visit basically had him sold on Weber State.

“I loved where it was, all the people there, the campus itself was awesome,” Hennig said, who plans to study business and finance. “They have a great system there. All their guys are high-level, high-IQ basketball players.”

Hennig said he’s been a natural shooting guard his whole life but plans to become “more of a true combo guard … just be able to contribute that way. Being able to play point guard just opens up minutes and lets me and help the team in more ways.”

Hennig is the second commitment for Weber State’s 2024 class following the pledge of Canadian wing David Hansen last month. WSU also has Fremont High guard Hunter Hansen as a hometown verbal commitment, a high school senior who plans to join the program in 2026 after missionary service.

Division I basketball’s early signing period for high school seniors is Nov. 8-15.

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