Keshaun Cheek '25 Recruiting Profile

I started training for and playing basketball at an early age with my father, other coaches, and friends. Initially it was just a fun game I liked playing. Over time people was telling me you different and that they really see a special talent in me, and me I was like I was just any other kid with hoop dreams. Then I started seeing highlights of all these ranked and top players in the country, and I said to myself I can play with any one of these guys, so I started putting in hour after hour, working on my crafts just trying too see where I could take it. At first I was like this is my mill ticket, but as I grew older and really saw the real world and life around me, and everything me, my family, and just people from my old neighborhood are going through and having too do just too get by. That's when I realized it ain't just about the money anymore, this is bigger then me. I realize I got too do this for them, too give them hope that they can be something and better they life. Where I'm from you rarely see people even graduate high school let alone college. So I feel I provide a different drive because I'm doing this for them and not just myself, I'm doing this too set an example and let them know that the same way I came up you can too as long as you willing too do what it takes.