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Where R They Now?
What years did you play for Dallas Thunder? I played for Dallas Thunder during the 2007-2008 season. Describe what you are doing now? Last year I played at a junior college in Shreveport, Louisiana. Right now I am excited and looking forward to my first year playing at Texas Lutheran University. I have worked harder this summer than any other time in my life. I am expecting God to bless me to have a great season this year. I will be majoring in Math(education) and kinesiology (coaching). What did you learn during your participation with Dallas Thunder that you still use today? I learned that God is more important than anything and basketball skills and talents are just gifts from him. Also the Thunder organization always represented God at all times and that is something that I picked up and has really stuck with me. What was your favorite Dallas Thunder memory? I have two favorite memories from my time with the Dallas Thunder. The first would be the game that Clint and I stood on the sideline in Oklahoma, yelling as we watched little Jared Robertson hit something like 9 three pointers. It was crazy! I don't think I hit 9 three pointers in my whole career and he did it in one game. The whole team played well that game, but Jared put on the performance of a lifetime. My second memory would be that same Oklahoma tournament, when the younger team lost. Its not really the most pleasant of memories, but ill never forget it. The boys played their hearts out, and they came up just short. I think that loss hurt me just as much as the kids playing it. I remember the tears coming down their faces and telling them "good game", but I knew that was little comfort at the time. I loved seeing that passion in them, and I knew they had bigger and better things ahead of them.
Describe what you are doing now? I am studying history at John Brown University, which is a Christian liberal arts college in Northwest Arkansas. I am also enrolled in Air Force ROTC at the University of Arkansas and will commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force upon graduation. What did you learn during your participation with Dallas Thunder that you still use today? During my four years at Dallas Thunder I played terribly quite a few times. I remember the bitter frustration that would come as a result of seemingly forgetting everything I had ever been taught or practiced; sometimes I simply could not do anything right on the basketball court. Thankfully my parents and teammates were observant enough to encourage me at times when I was doing my worst. Their affirmation boosted my self confidence and allowed me to improve in areas where I was weak as a basketball player, or simply forget about an unusually bad performance on the court. The ability to learn from mistakes without constantly thinking of myself as a failure has been incredibly helpful to me in college. What was your favorite Dallas Thunder memory? My entire senior year at Dallas Thunder was by far the most rewarding and enjoyable season during my time with the program, and the highlight of that year was our win against Cistercian. Up to that point a Dallas home school team had never been able to beat Cistercian on the varsity level, and we had already lost to them several times ourselves over the past few seasons. However, everyone on our team was excited and ready to play, and from the beginning of the game we attacked our opponent furiously. We took the lead early in the game and never gave it up. The excitement after wards in the locker room was worth all of the frustration we had experienced in years past because of Cistercian. To make things even better, the game had been televised. It didn’t matter to us that it was an obscure local network that televised the game; the simple fact that our long-awaited victory against Cistercian was caught on tape only added to our excitement.
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