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Zion Morgan from Kenwood Academy in Chicago verbally commits to Valpo.

Started by vufan7501, October 09, 2015, 06:42:31 PM

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historyman

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October 10, 2015, 04:04:55 PM
Nice.

He's from Kenwood Academy in the Hyde Park neighborhood which is close to the museum of Science and Industry. (at 51st/Hyde Park Blvd and near Lake Shore Dr, MoS&I is at 57th near Lake Shore Dr.) I've done some work there recently.
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VU75

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October 10, 2015, 06:34:32 PM
Quote from: historyman on October 10, 2015, 04:04:55 PMHe's from Kenwood Academy in the Hyde Park neighborhood which is close to the museum of Science and Industry. (at 51st/Hyde Park Blvd and near Lake Shore Dr, MoS&I is at 57th near Lake Shore Dr.) I've done some work there recently.

And a couple of blocks away from The President's home.

vu72

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October 10, 2015, 08:01:05 PM
No doubt the Christian atmosphere with all the coaches played a big part as well.  His twitter page says "gym rat who prays a lot"!!
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agibson

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October 11, 2015, 12:20:07 PM
Quote from: vu72 on October 10, 2015, 08:01:05 PM
No doubt the Christian atmosphere with all the coaches played a big part as well.  His twitter page says "gym rat who prays a lot"!!

This really does seem to be a significant part of our recruiting. Maybe not just men's basketball.  Even some of the soccer players (the Jamaican contingent, among others?) seem like a fairly pious bunch.

justducky

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October 11, 2015, 12:57:44 PM
Quote from: agibson on October 11, 2015, 12:20:07 PMThis really does seem to be a significant part of our recruiting. Maybe not just men's basketball.  Even some of the soccer players (the Jamaican contingent, among others?) seem like a fairly pious bunch.
For the national stage defining any team as being a "pious bunch" just doesn't carry quite the same impact as some of the more commonly used adjectives.  ::)

agibson

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October 12, 2015, 12:11:55 PM
No kidding.  I don't know if they even really are all that pious - a complicated concept, and I don't know them personally. Some of them seem to splash Jesus language around on social media a bit, that sort of thing. May be just cultural differences. (And maybe even a perfectly American difference, maybe they're just more Evangelical instead of e.g. Lutheran, or main-line Protestant, etc.)
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