SALT LAKE CITY-In news from Saturday, former Utah Valley men’s basketball standout, guard Conner Toolson, was drafted 17th overall by the Salt Lake City Stars with the 17th overall pick in the third round of the 2019 NBA G League Draft.

Toolson is only the eighth player in Wolverines program history to net 1,000 points in a season as he did so in 2018-19, posting 1,218 points.

He helped lead the squad to 23 wins in 2017-18 and 25 wins in 2018-19, each of which were school records with the 25 wins standing as the new record.

The native of Highland, Utah who starred at Lone Peak High School and Salt Lake C.C. before coming to UVU, is second in program history in steals (135) and third on the all-time 3-point field goal list (196).

Toolson will report to Stars training camp Monday.

The Stars’ regular season commences November 10 as they visit the Sioux Falls Skyforce.