Crushed
Over anyone’s life spand they will develop dreams about what they want to achieve and what they want to be when they grow up. It’s funny how things change. Growing up I wanted to be cop, then a fire fighter, then an electrical enigneer (weird I know…lol), then Pro Basketball player. One day I became realistic with myself. I had a new dream. I dreamed of playing Division 1 basketball at a big college/university in North Carolina. Why?
Funny. My father was born and raised in North Carolina. I wanted to go there for college and play at a big time program just see and experience my roots. Growing in Philadelphia I only have been able to travel to NC a few times. But the change of pace and history of my family all but beckoned me to return one day. I could imagine myself putting on a jersey and playing in front of thousands of fans while learning about where my father was from.
Today that dream is all but over. In my senior year of high school I drew the interest of High Point University in basketball. (FYI it’s located in High Point, NC) I was getting letters and phone calls from coaches up and down the east coast regarding basketball in even some schools in South Dakota. But my heart was set on playing for High Point. It wasn’t UNC or NC State or Duke but for a inner city kid with a dream like mine it was serviceable. I turned away offers from schools in MD, PA, and SD thinking that High Point would offer a scholarship.
B4 they could something happened on Jan. 6, 2005 that changed my basketball career forever. I broke BOTH of my wrists in a game in Trenton, NJ right before the league playoffs where all the scouts would be. Needless to say all schools except the school I current attend and play for (Columbia Union College in MD) withdrew interest and their offers because I was considered damaged goods.
Now that my senior year is approaching and I have one year left to play, I realize that my dream is now dead. Kaput! Finito! It sucks because I was never given the chance by those coaches and schools to show that I was good enough to compete. One day I will be excepting of all of this. But for now, this will haunt me.
3 days ago