My co-worker, Jonathan Wier, is not a women’s basketball connoisseur. In fact, I don’t think he’s ever picked up a basketball in his entire life. He’ll try and convince you that he “played in middle school,” but where are the stats or the photos? Hint: they don’t exist.
I on the other hand played basketball my entire life from the time I was in 2nd grade. Here’s a warning to all of the readers out there – I am about to humbly brag a little bit about my basketball career. Scroll through if it doesn’t interest you. Honestly, it feels like such a distant past memory that it’s hard for me to even imagine I had that much talent on the court.
- I was a 2-time Gatorade Player of The Year for Massachusetts in High School.
- I ended my high school career with 2,380 career points at Noble and Greenough School
- I verbally committed to Boston College at the age of 15-years-old and played 4 years at Boston College
- When I was at Boston College, I was a starter all 4 years
- During my freshman year I was named “All-ACC Freshman team -Honorable Mention.”
- Ended my college career with over 800 career points
- Made the “All-ACC Academic Team” every year
What I am saying is that basketball was life for me. I trained every single day to be the best player I could be and would break into gyms with my dad just to get reps in. Playing against the boys was extremely common for me, and working on my non-dominant hand was essential to me getting to the next level.
My Co-Worker And I Watched Women’s Basketball ‘Together’
I couldn’t help but laugh when Jonathan started texting me during the highly-anticipated Iowa vs LSU women’s basketball game on Monday night. I was sitting on my couch when all of a sudden he texted me, “Why do they all have long hair?” Wait, WHAT? Why do the women’s basketball players have long hair? That was just the beginning. The questions got weirder. Here are the 5 strange texts I got from my co-worker during the game.