When Benet senior guard Jayden Wright committed to Eastern Illinois, it was a cause for celebration in his family.

Wright, who helped the Redwings win their first state championship last season, is continuing a family legacy that stretches back two generations. Wright’s father, Jason, played point guard at EIU from 2001 to 2005, and his grandfather Jerry played wide receiver for the EIU football team in the 1980s.

“It’s awesome,” Jayden Wright said. “Just the way it all worked out, it was really cool. It was like meant to be because they both went there.”

Despite the family history, Jayden Wright wasn’t familiar with the campus in Charleston until the recruitment process.

“I think when I went there for my visit, that was the first time I had ever been there,” he said. “I’ve heard a b

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