All the way to China.

Ji Xiang, a 6-feet-10, 238-pound forward/center, signed a scholarship agreement today to play for the Rainbow Warriors.

Ji is expected to enroll at UH this week, and will be eligible as a true freshman for the upcoming 2007-08 season.

He averaged around 20 points and 12 rebounds per game during his last year of high school in Zhengzhou, China. He spent the past two years training at the United States Basketball Academy — which was founded by former UH basketball coach Bruce O'Neil — in Blue River, Ore.

"We're very fortunate to be able to get a player of Ji's ability so late," Hawai'i head coach Bob Nash said. "I saw him play at a tournament in Houston this summer and he impressed me with his style of play. He fits the mode of a multi-dimensional player we're looking for — he can score on the perimeter as well as with his back to the basket."