This kid fires me up. I ilke this signing a lot! Way to go Tinkle. :clap: :
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(from article link posted above)
Last week DeShields – who’s finishing up a post-grad year at Vermont Academy – finally realized that dream by committing to Montana.
“Man, it feels good,” said DeShields, who also considered Longwood. “It’s been a long journey, for real. It was a long journey, but it feels really good. I feel proud to be a part of Grizzly Nation.”
This summer, DeShields will make the nearly 2,300-mile trek from Baltimore to Missoula, leaving his hometown behind for the promise of something new. His past – both the painful memories and the positive experiences in Baltimore – only serve as motivation.
“It was a journey where I thought I wasn’t going to reach it,” DeShields said. “There was a time I would hold my head down [and think] ‘Man, I’m probably never going to get my goal.’ But I never stopped working. My friend, my brother, John Crowder, that was my man. He can’t be here, so I’m putting the work in. Whenever I think about him, I think about my family, my mother, everybody. No matter what, I can’t give up. I can’t.”
(another quote from a link posted above):
“Keron Deshields is a winner,” Bopp said. “He is one of the most competitive kids that I’ve ever been around.”
