Hello friends and Hivers. It's been awhile and I've had an up and down journey this past 10 days or so. It's been filled with joy, being a bit busy and recently not feeling well.
So after a college visit on 6 May my son got a text from another college basketball coach(Bellevue University) the following day. It's a college he has been invited to a few times in the past. He let a friend (former teammate) of his know about his recent visit. This friend now plays ball for this college by the way and let the coach know about my son's recent visit. You see it was probably my son's way of forcing their hand, haha.
The text was them inviting him to to play some pick up games with the current players. They invited him that day but the timing didn't work out so it was set up the following day, 8 May.
I took some time off of work to get him to the college that day at 3:00 p.m. He received a text from one of the assistant coaches to meet him in the parking lot. This was more or less to ensure I accompanied my son, I'm sure.
Once in the gym I was eventually greeted by all the assistant coaches, current/former players and the head coach. They all came up to me on their own time not all at once. I thought it was a nice gesture by the players as this hasn't happened on any other visits I have been on.
So my son played for about 2 hours. Afterwards the head coach accompanied by one of the assistants wanted us both to come into his office. Once in the office the head coach cut to this chase and said that he was going to give my son an offer.
Like a coach often does it was all drawn up on a chalk board in his office, hehe. The tuition costs, fees, and room & board was written down first. Next was the deduction process which first included all fees paid, and all books covered. The entire tution cost was covered as well. The only stipulation was he has to maintain a GPA of at least 2.5.
Only cost not included is room and board but the good thing is the college is close to home. There is also no requirement to live on campus so he can live off campus or stay at home with us still. The coach emailed my son a formal written offer, that chalk board stuff wasn't official 😂
I could really tell my son was happy after this. I asked him what he thought and he said this is where he wants to be. He wanted to wait a couple of days to show he was considering it. Also out of curiosity he wanted to see what the other college may offer even though he prioritized this one more. Though it had no impact on decision this college is also my Alma Mater.
Last Thursday his high school coach received a call from another college that reached out again and asked if he was interested still. My son wasn't because it was from a community college and he had this offer at 4 year school.
It was a couple of days (Last Saturday) later he decided to commit. He decided he didn't want to wait on the other college offer because he was ultimately going to go here anyways. I told him to call the coach and let him know. Well he texted him and I told him that he's going to call you anyways. Dad knows, coach called him within a minute, hehe. It was shortly after that my son posted on social media with the picture above. He had a friend that edited this picture above about a month or so ago.
Well it's not completely finalized yet as he has to sign official papers, enroll and sign up for classes. He hasn't had much time to do that this week as it's the last week of high school. Oh he graduates today 🎓! Where has the time gone? Anyways I can say I'm a very proud father and I hope the boy excels both through academics and athletics.
Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate it. Take care, stay safe and have a great weekend. Until next time!