Wayne senior LaShawn Green signs with Great Lakes Christian College

Wayne turned a spring signing day into a small but telling snapshot of where its program is headed, with LaShawn Green bound for Great Lakes Christian College and Thailynn Xayarath headed to Indiana University.

Green, a 6-foot-2 senior guard on Wayne’s 2025-26 roster, gave the Generals the kind of backcourt presence college programs still chase in May: a player who can handle the ball, defend multiple spots and create for others. MaxPreps listed Green as a point guard and shooting guard and showed he reached 3.5 assists per game at one point this season, a sign that his value went beyond scoring. He was one of several familiar names on a Wayne roster that also included Sedrick Robinson, Everen Akison, Tyree Eldridge and Uriah Williams, evidence of a deeper varsity group than a one-player senior class.

That matters because Green’s signing is not just an individual win. It says Wayne kept developing a guard who could move on to the next level and do it in a role that translates. Great Lakes Christian College is getting a senior whose job has been to organize possessions, move the ball and keep the offense steady. For a college staff looking for a ready-made piece, that kind of guard can be more useful than a bigger name with a narrower game.

Xayarath’s path looks different, but the message for Wayne is the same. She signed with Indiana University in a cheerleading and spirit squad role, giving the Generals a second college destination on the same afternoon and a second example of a senior who left the program with enough polish to make a public jump to the next level. Indiana University Athletics maintains an official Spirit Squad program, and its cheerleading manual says the group supports the university’s athletic teams by building crowd enthusiasm and school spirit. That is a very different lane from Green’s, but it still reflects preparation, discipline and the ability to perform under the pressure that comes with a college setting.

The timing also fits the way Indiana basketball works in May. The high school season is over, but the IHSAA calendar still keeps the sport very much alive in the state’s mind, and signing day remains part of the annual scoreboard. For Wayne, Wednesday afternoon was about more than two signatures. It showed a program producing seniors with clear next steps, one on the court and one in the arena, and that is the kind of depth that keeps a school relevant long after the final buzzer.