Saceda-Hurt signs to play basketball at Iowa’s Luther College
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:04 am
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt likes the mountains and waters around Alaska’s capital city, but will pursue his dream of playing college basketball at a school surrounded by rolling hills and cornfields.
“It really spoke to me,” Saceda-Hurt said Wednesday after signing to play for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. “I thought the campus was really beautiful, and I just really liked how the facility was.”
The school is an undergraduate liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Athletically, it is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III (NCAA III), and the Norse play in the nine-team American Rivers Conference.
“The coach really took the time to speak with me individually and spend time with me,” Saceda-Hurt said. “He took time to help me with basketball, too. I got some gym time with him and he country wise email marketing list just helped me there, so it really just spoke to me honestly.”
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt signed an NCAA Division III student-athlete form on Wednesday in the JDHS commons to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and play for the Norse basketball team. At left is grandmother Gethsemane Saceda, mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt and at right is father Frank Hurt. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt signed an NCAA Division III student-athlete form on Wednesday in the JDHS commons to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and play for the Norse basketball team. At left is grandmother Gethsemane Saceda, mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt and at right is father Frank Hurt. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)
Surrounded by family, friends and teammates — and with a photo of his grandfather beside him in the JDHS commons — Saceda-Hurt signed his name on his dream.
“That is my father Nick Saceda,” Pedrin’s mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt said of the photo. “He passed away in 2011. He was a basketball player in the Philippines and he coached Philcom here in the ‘80s. Pedrin was only four when he passed so he never got to watch him play, but we know he’s watching from above.”
Pedrin Saceda-Hurt visited Luther College in January on a recruiting trip. Luther College head coach Mark Franzen included Pedrin in some gym time with his DIII athletes.
“It really spoke to me,” Saceda-Hurt said Wednesday after signing to play for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. “I thought the campus was really beautiful, and I just really liked how the facility was.”
The school is an undergraduate liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church. Athletically, it is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III (NCAA III), and the Norse play in the nine-team American Rivers Conference.
“The coach really took the time to speak with me individually and spend time with me,” Saceda-Hurt said. “He took time to help me with basketball, too. I got some gym time with him and he country wise email marketing list just helped me there, so it really just spoke to me honestly.”
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt signed an NCAA Division III student-athlete form on Wednesday in the JDHS commons to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and play for the Norse basketball team. At left is grandmother Gethsemane Saceda, mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt and at right is father Frank Hurt. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Pedrin Saceda-Hurt signed an NCAA Division III student-athlete form on Wednesday in the JDHS commons to attend Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and play for the Norse basketball team. At left is grandmother Gethsemane Saceda, mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt and at right is father Frank Hurt. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)
Surrounded by family, friends and teammates — and with a photo of his grandfather beside him in the JDHS commons — Saceda-Hurt signed his name on his dream.
“That is my father Nick Saceda,” Pedrin’s mother Nickie Saceda-Hurt said of the photo. “He passed away in 2011. He was a basketball player in the Philippines and he coached Philcom here in the ‘80s. Pedrin was only four when he passed so he never got to watch him play, but we know he’s watching from above.”
Pedrin Saceda-Hurt visited Luther College in January on a recruiting trip. Luther College head coach Mark Franzen included Pedrin in some gym time with his DIII athletes.