HOW TO WALK-ON TO A COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM
Lamar Hull, MBA, Dental and Medical Digital Marketing
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How do I know?
Because I actually did it.
I successfully walked-on to a division 1 basketball program and earned a professional contract overseas!
All I ever wanted to do was play Division 1 Basketball. At first I didn’t care where, I just wanted the opportunity to experience it.
As a 5’9″ point guard that played like a shooting guard in high school, I wasn’t highly recruited. I averaged 28 PPG my senior year and received tons of accolades, such as; North Carolina Mr. Basketball Runner-up.
I had a GPA of 4.1 and had put in the time every day to improve my basketball skills, so that one day I could sit at the table and sign that acceptance letter to a D-1 program. That never happened!
Several division 2 and division 3 schools gave me a look, but none I was interested in. The only real chance I had to get at least a partial basketball scholarship was with Clemson University.
My high school coach had a connection with their staff and their assistant coach actually came to watch a 6’9″ freshman who was playing varsity my senior year. As a senior, I would take over and dominate games, had a positive attitude, was a great teammate, and a hustle that would never quit