Thursday, August 7, 2008

4 P.M. — Given Kalipinde Verbals to LMU

DCSportsFan.com on Episcopal's Given Kalipinde: http://www.dcsportsfan.com/article.aspx?aid=2132

First Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. Now Given Kalipinde has a chance to make a name at Loyola-Marymount University.

This 6-foot-3 guard, though imported from Zambia, can ball. Believe me. As the article states, he played — and excelled — with the D.C. Blue Devils this past season and has been garnering mid-major to high Division I offers. Heck, Virginia offered him a soccer scholarship after only playing one season of varsity.

And to make a good story even better, "when he wasn’t playing AAU ball, he was working out, studying, practicing or working on campus in order to earn money to send back home." Congrats.

He chose LMU because of the coaching staff, especially head coach Bill Bayno (former UNLV coach from 1995-2000). Others to show interest included UNLV, Wake Forest, George Mason, Wichita State and George Washington University. He averaged 20 points per game during his junior year at Episcopal.

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