Hobert Grayson '20 Recruiting Profile

Goals and Aspirations

My goal is to attend college after graduating to get a degree in Engineering Management. This degree will allow me to combine engineering with business management training so I can manage engineering projects or manage a team of engineers.  I believe with my training of sports this will allow me to be focused and disciplined to gain the knowledge I need to be successful in this field of study or just college period.

What makes you a good candidate for their team?

What makes me a good candidate is the fact that I have been training for sports since I was  about 5yrs of age.  Basically since I could hold a football or bounce a basketball.  At that time I played youth football along with basketball, my dad had me working on my speed and well as learning the fundamentals of each sport. As I continue to grow, the workout process changed as well with a lot of intensity. My love of basketball started to become my main sport of choice and focus. I began to study more fundamentalsand the necessary drills.  For high school I would be early to practice to do shoot a rounds. Every time I have the opportunity to shoot, play and learn more I am there willing.

What makes you different from other recruits in character, athletics and academics?

What makes me different is definitely the support of my parents.  They believe in me enough to allow me the opportunities that I have.  They make sure I get to and from my practices and get me to all my tournaments even with some of them being out of town and overnight. They stressed the importance of putting my all into my sport if this is what I want to do and not allowing me to quit when it becomes frustrating or tiring.  They relate it to real life scenarios and that when things get hard in life you can't just up and quit because it is not going my way.  You have to learn how to make it work.  In order for to me continue to play sports I have to keep up my grades and schooling otherwise my parents would then make me quit.

I also have the support of my coaches.  They push me because they see what I am capable of and try to encourage me not to settle or downplay myself. They also see me as the leader of the team and help my me to improve my growth  to become a better leader for my team.