Snider seniors Wilson, Reddic sign college deals after regional title run

Snider turned signing day into a program statement, and the numbers told the story. Nine seniors signed college deals on Tuesday, with Xavier Wilson and Schimar Reddic headlining the basketball side of a class that showed how deep the Panthers’ athlete pipeline has become.

Basketball made up two of the nine signings, but those two names mattered because they came from the same team that pushed Snider into a breakthrough postseason. Wilson is staying in the Summit City to play at Saint Francis, while Reddic signed with Tiffin University. Both were part of the Snider group that beat Carmel 54-46 on March 14 to win the Class 4A regional title, the second regional championship in school history. Snider’s win was one of seven regional titles claimed by northeast Indiana boys teams that day, but it stood out because the Panthers stunned No. 8 Carmel to keep a season of momentum rolling.

That run gave the signing day real weight. Snider finished 20-8, and the players signing this spring came out of a season that proved the program can turn varsity success into college opportunities. That is the standard now for a strong Indiana program: not just winning in March, but converting that winning into a college track for multiple seniors at once.

Wilson was the obvious headliner. Prep Hoops lists the 6-foot-4 guard as a point guard and shooting guard in the class of 2026, calls him one of the top unsigned senior guards in Indiana and says he averaged 15.0 points per game while helping lead Fort Wayne Snider to the Class 4A North Semi-State. MaxPreps puts his varsity career at 66 games and 15.8 points per game, a workload that backs up the reputation. He was not just a scorer; he was the kind of senior guard college programs can plug into a lineup and trust.

Reddic’s path says something different, and maybe more revealing about the real recruiting lane for solid Indiana seniors. MaxPreps lists him at 20 varsity games and 4.5 points per game in 2025-26, and his profile ties him into both Snider basketball and football. That is the kind of multi-sport senior who can still find a college home when a program values toughness, versatility and role acceptance.

Nine signees is not a one-player show. For Snider, it is proof that a 20-8 season and a regional title can do more than fill a trophy case. It can move seniors onto the next level, one commitment at a time.