Jason Edwards thought that the number could help him stand out.
4.0
No, this is not the Vander Aid of the junior guard by average. Not either.
This issue, presented at the end of Edwards’ Bio Twitterwas his average notes.
No attempted shooting, after all, is too scandalous for Edwards.
The 6 feet 1 inch and 175 pounds from Atlanta included this number not so much to boast of its academic prowess in Parkview High School, but to push the point to university coaches that it was more than points.
College coaches have not been careful.
“I had a slow recruitment process,” said Edwards, who did not have a single division that I offer when I left high school. “I did it to show that I am also a student. In high school, I was playing a game of 30 to 40 years, but at the same time, I maintain a 4.0 GPA.
“I thought it brought out to me. I work very hard in everything I do. I don’t take a test to say to myself:” Oh, I’m going to pass that with a “C” today. I try to obtain 100% on everything. “”
This season, Edwards, first as a commodore, standing out was not a problem.
He makes the average of a better team of 17.3 points per game.
It was a “perfectionist” who came to Vanderbilt (18-9, 6-8) to put the “world in opinion”.
The victories this season against Tennessee, Ole Miss and Kentucky put Edwards, who scored 10 of his team’s first 12 points against the latter, and Vanderbilt on this path.
Vanderbilt Basketball is Jason Edwards’ fourth judgment on university trip
Miles College, a private HBCU from Division II in Fairfield, Alabama, was one of the first and one of the only colleges to notice Edwards, who rejected his only season there.
His next stop was the Dodge City Community College in Kansas, where he started the year on the bench. There, he collected an average of 21.9 points while leading the conquistadors to the title of a conference of Kansas Jayhawk and an appearance in the quarterfinals of the NJCAA. He was also appointed All-American of the first NJCAA team and was a member of the national team of the NJCAA division I tournament.
These figures and achievements were sufficient to win the opinion of Northern Texas, the next EDWARDS stop. It was a choice of first team from the American sports conference there after having an average of 19.1 points per game.
Oh, he also had a GPA of 3.9. And a lot of interest when he entered the transfer portal, where Vanderbilt’s first year coach Mark Byington was able to catch him.
“It’s easy to write people,” said Edwards. “With me, it was the size. You could say that I am not the biggest. … The truth is that not everyone can do what I do. … I have an innate ability to mark, the innate capacity to be a playmaker. I have the impression that people have somewhat underestimated for this purpose.
“I like to prove that people are wrong. I like to beat the chances. I like to be doubted.”
As the time his mother convinced him to register for basketball at the age of 6. Until then, Edwards had football aspirations.
During the half of a basketball match in which his friends played, Edwards grabbed.
“I remember doing my first blow, and I said to myself:” Ok, it’s easy “,” said Edwards.
Where Jason Edwards finds his motivation
Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come to life and go do it. Because what the world needs are people who have come to life.
These 27 words are tattooed on Edwards’ tibia, exactly as they appeared in the Billology of his Cousin Michael.
These words were pronounced by Howard Thurman, author and activist of civil rights in the 20th century. They prompted Edwards to seek meaning beyond basketball.
“It is one of the most difficult things this year that taught me,” he said. “I have always considered myself a basketball player. This year, I had to do soul research, as really finding my identity.”
And his faith.
Again, his mother was there to encourage him, offering him a Bible for Christmas.
“I try to stay close to the word,” he said. “Learn more, learn more.”
And, as he had to do all the places he was, prove more.
Paul Skrbina is a journalist from the sports company covering predators, titans, Nashville SC, local colleges and local sports for Tennessean. Join it at pskrbina@tennessan.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @PaULSKRBINA. Follow your work here.
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