Basketball Personal Statement

The transition from middle school to high school was a major turning point in my life. I moved from thin workbooks to thick anthology-like textbooks, wide-ruled one paged essays to college ruled four page essays, and simple arithmetic to complex math such as calculus. Everything became more challenging and difficult. However, I wasn’t going to let anything deter me from completing high school successfully. Not only had academics been somewhat of an obstacle for me, but so was the journey I took through Saunders varsity basketball. Both my development in academics and journey through basketball marked my transition into adulthood. Choosing Saunders Trades and Technical high School was the best decision I ever made. The resources here greatly assisted me in the process of choosing colleges to apply to, and actually applying to them. Here I was able to focus to focus on Engineering and Computer work for four years, which will now enable me to obtain a job after high school. As a freshman, I already knew from my first

Basketball was a major part of my life which helped lead me into adulthood. Basketball helped me learn responsibility, and better understand the idea of family. Everybody on the team was like another brother to me. I always had to be on time, help my brothers, and I worked on my skills every day. The commitment I was forced to make for those four years made my love for the sport of basketball even stronger. Though my love for basketball was strong, my love for winning was even stronger. “Winning is like deodorant - when it comes up, a lot of things no longer stink.” - Doc Rivers. Along with my love for winning came my understanding of losing. After my team went on a 17-game winning streak my junior year, we went to the county center and lost to our big time rival, Mount Vernon High School. Though it hurt to stop after all the hard work we put in, I realized that winning and losing came hand in