This past season, freshman Nassim Mashhour became only the fourth freshman on the varsity basketball team in the last 15 years.   Mashhour said he was grateful to have had the opportunity to display his talent.  “This year has been great and I would be egotistical to complain about anything. As a freshman, I was expecting and ready for anyone who was going to question my ability, yet nobody...

I have always had the mindset that if I were given the opportunity to play my favorite childhood sport at the next level that it would be a privilege. I’ve witnessed that for those that were able to make it, the individual had to put in lots of hard work, take responsibility for his or her actions, and show a tremendous amount of self-discipline and dedication to improving in multiple areas. The...