Daon Jones '16 Recruiting Profile

I believe I would be a great candidate for a college basketball team because I am an all around player, I can handle the ball, shoot, drive, post up, rebound, pass, and I am very athletic. I am going into my third year/season of ever playing basketball and I am already on the varsity starting squad for East High school Thunderbirds. As you can see I am a fast learner,  I love learning new things, and I want to be as great as I possibly can be, and if I cannot become a college basketball player my plan B is to go to college and take Sports Medicine for basketball so I can still be close to the sport. 

 Me as a person I am very quiet but outgoing. I have a lot of heart and just want the team to win. I also love to prove people wrong and show the people who doubt me that I am great and not mediocre. I often get down on my self because I know I can do so much better(In school and on the court), my coaches often tell me I am my worst critique. My academics consists of basic studies. I have made Honor roll at my school. If I knew how good I was going to be 3 years ago I would have tried my best to get good grades earlier. I never really worried about getting good grades until this upcoming senior year. If I knew I was going to start and actually get PT on varsity when I first started playing basketball I would have paid attention to my grades a lot better. That's why coming into this senior year I'm going to buckle down and get A's and B's because I want to prove everybody wrong who doubts me.

 I also wanted to include that I was injured for most of my varsity season. In my third game of the season I unfortunately fractured my growth plate. I obviously still wanted to play but I was physically unable to play, and if I did attempt to play I had a high risk of shattering my growth plate which would eliminate me from playing basketball for ever. My coaches believed it was a season ending injury but I could not except that. So I just stayed positive, and I worked my hardest taking care of my ankle and going through therapy to get the strength back in my ankle. After the injury I feel I came back stronger physically and mentally. It's almost like it was a good thing that I was injured because I just came back even better.