Mark Termini announced today that his Cleveland-based sports management agency MTA Inc will represent former Ohio State standout and 2008 NIT Most Outstanding Player Kosta Koufos.

The 7-1, 265 pound Koufos, who prepped at Canton, Ohio Glen Oak High School, was the tournament MVP of the 2007 U-18 European Championships, and is considered one of the top 19 year old basketball players in the world.  He recently declared his eligibility for the 2008 NBA Draft, and his play in the European Championships and in his freshman season at OSU has generated interest from the highest level European professional teams.

?We are pleased to begin working with a young man of Kosta?s character and basketball potential?, said Termini.  ?We believe he will, as he matures, become an impact player in the NBA and on the international basketball stage?.

Veteran agent Andy Bountogianis (Director of Worldwide Basketball for MTA Inc) will assist with all international business and basketball matters for Koufos both before and after the NBA Draft on June 26, 2008.