Miami is a really good team, with as good a chance as any to make the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four this year.
And a former South Milwaukee basketball star is one reason why.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel profiles Trey McKinney Jones today in an excellent story about perserverance and persistence in his long journey from the South Shore to South Beach. Check it out here. From it:
McKinney Jones was an all-Southeast Conference basketball player, a state track champion and a high honor roll student at South Milwaukee High School, but the college basketball recruiting experts looked right past him.
“No.”
Instead of accepting their rejection and disinterest, however, McKinney Jones’ father got to work.
Dwight Jones compiled his son’s highlights on a YouTube video and created a website with his son’s résumé. And after putting in a full day as an engineer in management at Rockwell Automation, he would settle down at his phone every night and become a salesman.
Six years later, McKinney Jones is a starting guard and solid, all-around player for the Miami Hurricanes, the fifth-ranked team in the country having one of the best seasons in school history. The Hurricanes, who won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Sunday, will play Pacific on Friday in the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2-seeded team in the East Regional.
Do you have a favorite memory of Trey? Post your comments below!
And go Hurricanes!
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