Messiah

He loves to play basketball, he also keeps a ball in his hands. He was on a basketball team when he was 6 years old, but he wasn't ready.

Placed 23rd

in their group

Thank you for supporting Messiah in this competition. Your participation made a huge impact for the Why Not You Foundation and their mission to empower change in the world, one individual at a time and one child at a time.

What do they love most about playing their sport(s)?

He loves the fact that he can take control of the ball. He loves learning new tricks.

Who inspires them—on or off the field—and why?

All I can remember is buying him a basketball goal for him one Christmas and he been loving basketball since he was 2 years old.

What’s one moment in their athletic journey that makes you proudest?

There was a time he was playing little league basketball for the fist time ever he scored the first points and he won the game I knew then he has the potential to play basketball.

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