For the second time in less than two weeks, a member of the Utah men’s basketball team has decided to take his talents elsewhere.

Cameron Goettsche, a 6 foot-7 freshman forward who saw no action in the 2001-02 season due to a redshirt, announced Friday in a press release he will be transferring to a yet-to-be-determined institution.

“I feel a different academic and athletic situation is better for me at this time,” Goettsche said in the release. “It was a very tough decision made with my parents, but we believe this is the best for Cameron Goettsche, as well as for the University of Utah.”

Goettsche’s announcement came just 13 days after sophomore center Lance Allred announced he was leaving the U.

Coach Rick Majerus supported Goettsche’s decision, referring to the freshman’s patella tendinitis that had kept him out of practice until Dec. 1.

“In light of Cameron’s extensive injuries and surgery, and the fact that there is probably little playing time available to him next season, I support his request to transfer wholeheartedly,” Majerus said.

Goettsche, a native of Highlands Ranch, Colo., had the second-best vertical leap on the team and was a fall semester honor roll student.