Colin Bish
High Point's Juslin Bodo Bodo takes a Higher Road
Bodo Bodo loves Okok. With the scent of his mother’s signature dish in his head, Bodo Bodo trudges home along the dusty Yaoundé street....
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Angel Torres
NMJC's Filipa Calisto's Quest For Less And More
The rain had begun to fall, but the horrors did not start until around 8 p.m. On March 14, 2019, Cyclone Idai hit Beira, Mozambique - the...
Delfina Cortes Garcia
Williams Star Nate Karren Dreams On
Not your typical grandma. She didn’t crochet, or knit, or quilt. Nope. This grandma loved to hoop. Well, she loved to watch hoops,...
Amanda Card
Humber has a Winner in Kia Watt
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Kia Watt believed she had never won anything. Family Ties: Growing up in Toronto, running along a nearby...
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The Drive of QUC's Kenny Dye
Kenny Dye watched his mom’s eyes well up with tears. Or so he imagined — he couldn't even catch a glimpse of her. She endured harsh...
Dave Barend
Some Love For CUNY's Errol Samuels
Not another one of those. I can’t take it. Uh, Dave? Ok, allow me to explain. As editor-in-chief of College Basketball Times, I’m forced...
Gaurav Law
Wisconsin-Whitewater's Mada McCabe Is Powerful In Battle
“I need to go get the doctor.” Jody Hull’s nurse uttered those words while looking at the sonogram. Not the words Hull anticipated...
Evalynn Booth
Washington and Lee's Kathryn Vandiver Knows When To Push Pain
Kathryn braced for the pain. Shortly thereafter, the 10-year-old headed to the gym ready to show off her newly pierced lobes. Then the...
Josh Caplan
Robert McCann and Savannah Townsend: "Unified" at Florida
Darkness strikes. It happens to almost everyone. Most have others for support. Robert McCann did not. Yet he knew that basketball would...
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Gavin Davis Kept The Dream Alive at West L.A.
Gavin Davis had just helped his team secure a hard-fought victory. Yet he did not return home elated. He did not return home oozing with...
Joanna Shillingford
Prouder and Prouder of Polk State's George Pridgett, Jr.
Brenda Pridgett went into labor, and laughed. “George Sr. was taking forever to come out of our bedroom . . . when he did come out, he...
Jack Bloomfield
Mid-Atlantic Christian's Kayla Kent Can
It wasn't supposed to be this way. Kayla Kent could never have predicted this scenario with two full months left in the 2023 season. An...
Taylor McLaughlin
The Mount's Aryna Taylor Perseveres With Perspective
Ready to break the press, Aryna Taylor grabbed the baseline out of bounds pass. After blasting straight down the court unimpeded, the 7th...
Evalynn Booth
Natalie Kolb Has Her Balance At Franklin And Marshall
What am I going to do? How am I going to make this work? These questions raced through the mind of basketball-loving Natalie Kolb. And it...
Sean Savage
Anthony Picott Has Remade His Story at Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Young, confused, and close-minded. That was Anthony Picott in a nutshell. "As a man now, I could honestly say I did not love basketball,"...
Emma Hurley
Texas Tech's Beau Martin Manages to Play
As the sun just begins to peek over the horizon, Beau Martin and the other managers are already awake. In fact, they barely slept. They’d...
Joe Malandruccolo
Rochester U's James Fisher: Big Fish With Big Plans
“God has a plan.” So says Theresa Fisher, especially with respect to her nine, yes nine, children. Shortly after her youngest son's first...
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Rice's Max Fiedler Is Loving It
Quincy Olivari doesn’t remember much about his first visit at Rice University with his teammate Max Fiedler, other than how quiet he was....
Jorie Allen
Jeremy Evans Is Doing His Thing At Edinboro
We have all heard it. Perseverance is crucial to success. It is not how many times you fall; it is how quickly you get back up. But here...
Collin Atwood
Redeemer's Isaiah Brinkley Keeps The Dream Alive
"Legend" is a title Isaiah Brinkley has wanted since he was 10. Not because he seeks fame and fortune, but because he aspires to approach...
Elijah Moore
Montrell Jacobs has the Power of Confidence at Kentucky State
Montrell Jacobs looked down the court at the open basket. Without thinking, he let loose a three — his shot since he was a child. With...
Patrick Engels
University of Mary's Carly Kottsick Can
The sign read: “Garage Sale.” With just two dollars in their pockets - granted by their parents - 4-year-old Carly Kottsick and her older...
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NIACC's Audrey Martinez-Stewart is a Reflection of her Greatest Fan
"Don't ever cry." As Audrey Martinez-Stewart saved a loose ball during an AAU tournament in Indiana, crying did not cross her mind. She...
Jack Bergamini
Northeastern's Knox Lendall: Trying to Join the Coaching Club
Knox Lendall had an odd goal. As a freshman on Bishop Fenwick High School’s basketball team in Peabody, Massachusetts, he wanted to...
Emma Hurley
UHSP's Grace Beyer Is One Happy Eutectic
High school senior Grace Beyer stood at the free throw line, alone in the gym. Her father’s words echoed in her mind, louder with every...
Collin Atwood
Mystic Striker: Great Lakes Christian College's Overcomer
Mystic Striker has lived a life even more unique than her name itself. But when she settled down at Great Lakes Christian College, she...
Sean Savage
The Toughness of Villa Maria's Mia McCarthy
Alone and hopeless. "I stopped eating. I had anxiety. I was not playing. I had nobody. I could not even talk to my coaches about it.” And...
Matt Wynn
For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps
Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...
Joe Malandruccolo
Semper Firebird - Saint Katherine's Bryan Baptiste
Bryan Baptiste had one choice to make, one of those life-altering choices that impacts everyone around him. His college decision had...
Savannah Reger
The Sport That Saved EWU's Jackson Atwood
Jackson Atwood wanted accent colors. And he wanted them on his wheelchair. The exact desire: a blue frame with purple accents. This...
Patricia Smallwood
LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible
Five-year-old Emaia’s heart raced. She ran barefoot over the sharp grass in her backyard, hardly feeling the sting as she sprinted past...
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London Cobbs: A Non-Knucklehead At Kent State Tuscarawas
Standing in the airport, London Cobbs spots a former teammate walking toward him, decked out in University of Minnesota basketball gear....
Collin Atwood
KCU's Jasmine Flowers Keeps Pushing for a Purpose
Dyslexia in a nutshell: Reading words like “how” as “who” or “now” as “won.” Right? Wrong. Really wrong. Kentucky Christain University...
Matt Wynn
Trinity's Ashlyn Milton Always Comes Back To Basketball
Ashlyn Milton always comes back. Sometimes, she needs to step away. But no matter what struggle she faces, one thing never changes. She...
Emma Hurley
Kylie Wroblewski is a Supported Supporter at St. Ambrose
Good luck texts before games from her sister, homemade posters waving in the stands from her mom, hours of training sessions in the...
Josh Banner
Sam Stevens: Skinny Student To Middlebury Monster
Sam Stevens struggled. He had some on-court skills, and pretty good athleticism, but he was usually younger and almost always skinnier...
Dave Barend
Though She's Getting Worse, Arizona's Emilee Gustafson Keeps Getting Better
“I’m kind of boring.” I have a story to write about Emilee Gustafson who just described herself as boring. Wonderful. “I really enjoyed...
Nicole D'Costa
TCNJ Club's Michael Hoffman Stands Tall
If there’s one thing Michael Hoffman knows, it’s how to hustle. Work harder than everyone around him. Play smarter than the next guy....
Patrick Engels
Kendra Parra is a Compassionate Competitor for MSU Denver
Board games. Trampoline football. Basketball. Name the activity, and Kendra Parra will seek to dominate you. It makes Kendra, Kendra. “I...
Olivia Brown
Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up
September 10, 2018 “Is everyone in your family home?” At 7:30 p.m., Tamara Collier, a mother of three, received this phone call from her...
Colin McNamara
Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself
Wild, lost and curious - the three words Dian Wright-Forde used to describe his past self. He associated with the wrong crowds and...
Alexandra Nikou
Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State
Nope. Not Nya Valentine. Everyone has at some point stopped working hard. Everyone has, at least on occasion, given in to the temptation...
Jack Meyer
Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens
“Everyone has a plan until they get hit . . . I will not be shaken, for He gives me the strength to hit back.” The message inscribed...
Nicole D'Costa
UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future
John Mhilli loves basketball. From the time he was a teenager with more potential and height than skill, to his days as a collegiate club...
Frederick Eberhart
BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise
Most successful athletes grow up with the active support of at least one parent, if not two. A mom or dad to drive them to practices,...
Sean Savage
Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective
None. When asked how many significant problems he has faced in his life, Cedarville University's senior Jacob Drees claims none. He's...
Timothy Dashiell
Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail
Brain damaged. Mute. Unfunctional The future for Koda Inman-Ahlstrom following a 2007 car crash at age 7, that put him and his cousin...
Matt Wynn
Rochester's Hannah Lindemuth Helps
Come half-time at the University of Rochester, Hannah Lindemuth takes shot after shot, finding confidence every time she drains one....
Olivia Brown
Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family
When asked to name their closest friends, many people will identify college roommates, childhood playmates, or maybe even a significant...
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CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez
Her parents call her “Luchona.” That means fighter - a perfect nickname for Katherine Valdez. Well, perfect now. Throughout a journey...
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