Nov. 13 — On Wednesday, UNM officially welcomed Seattle’s Jaylen Petty and Eastvale, Calif.’s Issac Williamson as the first Class of 2025 recruits to sign scholarship papers.

Each guard announced their verbal commitments to play for the Lobos in mid-September, shortly after taking their official recruiting visits to Albuquerque.

Wednesday was the first day when high school students were allowed to sign their scholarships.

College coaches are not allowed to comment publicly on potential recruits until they sign.

UNM’s Richard Pitino would not comment on his two new signings Wednesday, but posted on social media: “Lobo Basketball got better today. The future is bright!” Pitino and the team are expected to make an official announcement Thursday.

Petty is a 6-foot guard rated as a four-star recruit by 247 Sports and the No. 1 draft prospect in Washington. He plays for Rainier Beach High School in Seattle and turned down scholarship offers from Washington, Oklahoma, Stanford, UNLV and others.

“He’s got something of a David against Goliath,” his father, Jerry Petty, told the Journal in September. “He’s from Seattle and he’s considered the next up-and-coming point guard here. He’s the next Nate (Robinson, the 5-foot-9 former NBA guard who also attended Rainier Beach High). He’s the next IT (Isaiah Thomas, a 5-9 former NBA guard from Tacoma, Washington).

Williamson is a 6-1, 190-pound guard from California’s Inland Empire region who has treated the Lobos program well over the years. He is a highly respected defender.

“Issac Williamson is one of the best two-way players in the class of 2025 and probably one of the most underrated guards in the entire country,” Etop Udo-Ema, co-founder and CEO of the Compton Magic, Williamson’s AAU program. , told the Journal in September.

The Lobos have a strong guard class this year. In fact, the guards signed by the Lobos in each of the past three seasons put on a show in the Lobos’ 100-81 win Tuesday night over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Donovan Dent, Class of 2022, had 25 points, 10 assists.

Tru Washington, Class of 2023, had 15 points and two steals.

Kayde Dotson, Class of 2024, had 18 points and hit three 3-pointers.