Subscribe to the NCSA BlogRecruiting Stories from the NCAA Tournament
March 23rd, 2009 - byEvery March student athletes from across get their chance to shine on the biggest basketball stage in America. The University of Connecticut features one of the most talented rosters in the tournament, but that doesn’t mean every player on the roster is the typical McDonalds All-American identified in the 7th grade at a sneaker tournament. In fact, their most talented player Hasheem Thabeet has one of the more unusual recruiting stories of any player in the tournament.
His journey to UConn from Tanzania could be regarded as a minor miracle. He was spotted by scouts while travelling with his high school in Nairobi, Kenya. He wandered from LA to Mississippi before landing in Houston. He lacked any guidance through the recruiting process, but luckily landed with a scholarship.
But how many others aren’t so lucky? How many players across America simply don’t understand the recruiting process? NCSA works to guide these potential athletes so that they can leverage their athletic prowess into an academic future.
