Jared's Story

My passion is basketball.

I discovered my passion for basketball at a young age when I noticed I was taller than everyone else. When I started middle school, I tried out for the JV basketball team, but I didn't make it. Coaches said I was uncoordinated and needed to work on my skills. So, for the next three years I made it religious to go to a park and play basketball with my friends and cousins all day. I was in my final year of middle school and I gathered the courage to try out. I played my heart out and made the cut. That whole season I barely got any minutes. I tried my hardest to impress the coaches at practices, and some days I got praise. I didn't make the high school team, but I am still continuing to play basketball every day. I have now made it a commitment to myself to get better and surpass all my peers and try to become an elite basketball player and utilize my god given blessing of height.

I will become a better basketball player and open up my life to more opportunities in continuing the exploration of my love of basketball. Hoping to become an elite basketball player one day, I at times look up to fellow high school students around the country. I want to become a person other kids and even my own peers look up to.