Irvine Valley freshman basketball player Chris Lott is headed to play at Division 2 Azusa Pacific University, Laser coach Jerry Hernandez said.
Lott, a red-shirt freshman this past season, started at shooting guard for IVC.
He was named second team all-Orange Empire Conference at the end of the 2015-16 season.
Lott, a 6-2 guard, averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game for the Lasers.
He averaged 11.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game in 12 conference games.
Lott scored in double figures in 10 games, including having four games with 20 or more points.
Three of those games came in conference action.
He had 21 points in Irvine Valley's 76-66 win over Santa Ana on Jan. 27, scored 22 points in IVC's 82-68 victory over Orange Coast on Feb. 5 and had 22 points in the Lasers' 69-68 loss at Riverside on Feb. 17.
Irvine Valley finished the year with a record of 15-13 overall and was 3-9 in conference.
Lott red-shirted at Chico State during the 2014-15 season. He was a three-year varsity player at Martin Luther King in Riverside before that.
Lott was named all-state, CIF Division 1A MVP and all-league after averaging 20.7 points and helping lead his team to a CIF Division 1A title his senior year.
Azusa Pacific had an overall record of 23-9 last season and made the NCAA Division II West Region Tournament.
