Hard work pays off

You do not have to be 6 feet 5 inches tall to play college basketball. All you need are the excellent grades and good conduct to be accepted into college and then the excellent fundamentals skills as a basketball player that will impress a college coach. Pictured above are two former student athletes: MJ Wyatt (Monroe HS) and Nick McDaniel (Chamblee HS) who played for Coaches Hill and Jones on their AAU teams. Now they are performing among the top tier athletes in the NJCAA Division 1 Basketball. MJ, a six feet one shooting guard at Middle Georgia Junior College, is number seven in the nation in scoring (25.24 ppg) and Nick, a five feet six inches point guard at Northwest Shoals Junior College, Alabama, is six in the nation in assists (8.9 apg). Both, while playing AAU basketball, concentrated on being the best at the position they played. Both were stars in high school. MJ starred at scoring, always finding a way to get to the basket. His play was relentless. Nick starred at ball handling, providing the ball to the right person at the right time on the floor. Nick was perhaps the shortest player in his age group but possessed the biggest heart and the most talent (read more about Nick on the web page "Where Are They Now, Chapter 1"). Both were teammates on a dynamic AAU team that earned the respect of the best players in the AAU arena. We are proud that they are continuing to display their hard work and talents as being among the best, at what they do, in the nation. Congratulations from the Atlanta Select and your AAU coaches.