Tyon Grant-Foster, a former Grand Canyon swingman who survived serious heart issues to return to top basketball form, has narrowed his transfer portal choices to Arizona State, Gonzaga and Washington, according to 247Sports.
The 6-foot-7 player drew headlines in 2021 when he collapsed at halftime of DePaul’s season opener against Coppin State, collapsed again during a pick-up basketball game in his native Kansas City and didn’t play for 16 months.
Grant-Foster subsequently was told he would never play competitive basketball again. Yet he underwent a couple of heart surgeries, spent a lot of time at the Mayo Clinic and he comes off a pair of successful seasons — including being named 2024 Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year.
In fact, he played his most recent game in Seattle, in the NCAA Tournament against Maryland at Climate Pledge Arena.
Now 25 years old, Grant-Foster is preparing for a seventh season of college basketball.
This past season, he started 17 of the 26 games he played for a 26-8 Antelopes team, averaging 14.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per outing. He missed eight games with an undisclosed injury.
During the 2023-24 season, Grant-Foster was at his very best after his long layoff. He averaged 20.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.5 blocks an outing for a 30-5 team that advanced to the NCAA tourney in Spokane.
Grant-Foster began his college career with two solid seasons at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, bringing him to Kansas, where he played in 22 games and averaged just 3.1 points and 2.2 rebounds per outing.
He transferred to DePaul for the 2021-22 season but played in just that one fateful game. Grant-Foster jogged to the locker room at halftime, felt light-headed and collapsed among his teammates. The training staff resuscitated him and he spent 10 days in a hospital while having a defibrillator implanted.
By all accounts, Grant-Foster hasn’t had any reoccurring heart issues.
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