Turley crossing the border

Recent graduate and Quaker big man Conor Turley may have to touch up on his Spanish in the summer months.

This weekend, Turley signed with Pioneros de Quintana Roo, a professional basketball team in Cancun, Mexico. Training camp begins on August 1.

Turley, who averaged 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game for the Red and Blue this season, played 26 of 28 games, making 15 starts.

The Pioneros are a fairly new team, having been founded only in 2006. Nonetheless, according to the team's website — translated from Spanish — the Pioneros have already won a league championship in the Southeast and one runner-up in the first edition of the Liga Centroamericana de Baloncesto, LCB — the Central American Basketball League.

Turley is the first Quaker to officially sign with a team although there are a couple who are still waiting. Fellow big man Jack Eggleston and Andreas Schreiber have been training this summer in hopes of receiving offers from European teams.