Bullitt East guard Tyler Sharpe will join the Louisville basketball team next season as a preferred walk-on.

Sharpe, who visited U of L last week, chose to join the Cardinals program over multiple scholarship offers, including Kentucky State and Pikeville.

The Region 6 Player of the Year and a Mr. Kentucky finalist, the 6-foot-1 Sharpe averaged 19.5 points and 4.3 rebounds for Bullitt East as a senior.

He was selected to the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches annual East - West All-Star game which will be played at Transylvania University in Lexington on April 16.