Jaaziah Hurt '26 Recruiting Profile

My goals in college are to be one of the best freshmen if not the best freshman in my future college's division, to be an All-American in athletics and academics, and finally to win one or two national championships. Some aspirations are to be the best version of myself when people are around and when no one is looking because integrity is a very big part of my life and it will help me go far in this college process and my life in general. One thing that makes me a good candidate for any team is that I am coachable, respectful, in control of my mind and body, and a good teammate. Another thing that makes me a good candidate is that I am always by my teammates' side to bring them up when their down or discouraged. I love to do this by being verbal, smiling, and giving pats on the back, whether this is on the bench, the court, practices, or anything that we may do as a team. I strongly do not believe in a single-man team, so I love to make my teammates feel like they are a part of the team and loved so they can perform their best along with the whole team. One last thing that makes me fit into any team is that when things aren't going well for myself I try to make it go well for others, I can do this by being unselfish and passing the ball, hyping my teammates up after a good play, and even give up my starting position to a teammate that may put us in a better situation to win. One thing that makes me different from other recruits is that I'm willing to put myself in situations where I'm not physically or mentally comfortable. In basketball, my main goal is to get better every day and to WIN and I'll do ANYTHING to do it, I'm gonna go hard for every single rebound, loose ball, 50-50 pass, and charge. And also I'm willing to pushing myself to and over my limits. In academics I have the same way of thinking as athletics because I am a student-athlete and my parents always told me no books, no ball. Even if I may not want to do the work I still do it because I know that no matter how good of a basketball player I am I need to have to same level of education as my skills.