Sept. 19 — Colby Brooks’ stint with the Gonzaga basketball program ended in March, but the former walk-on’s stint in the West Coast Conference will resume this fall.
Brooks, a forward from the Los Angeles area who spent the last two years in Spokane, announced his commitment to San Diego on Thursday and is on the Toreros’ official roster with the 2024-25 college basketball season less than two months away.
“It took a while, but it says AGTG (all glory to God),” Brooks tweeted Thursday.
Brooks played sparingly for two seasons as a GU walk-on and recorded his best scoring performance of the season against the program he joined, scoring five points at Jenny Craig Pavilion in the Bulldogs’ 105-63 win over the Toreros on Jan. 20.
The 6-foot-1, 210-pound forward played in eight games in his first season at GU before making 14 appearances last year, averaging 1.0 points and 1.2 rebounds. Brooks’ career high at GU came when he scored seven points in a Dec. 28, 2022, game against Eastern Oregon.
Brooks joins a USD program that lost its top four scorers — Deuce Turner (15.5 ppg), Wayne McKinney III (13.5), PJ Hayes (10.5) and Kevin Patton (9.8) — from last season.
