05/17/2025
This is why I do what I do! One of the first ever female players I had the privilege and honor of training graduated from medical schhool yesterday and she is now Dr. Chinewe Maduegbunam! I cannot express how proud I am of her especially listening to some of her friends and family talk about her discipline, perseverance, and dedication to completing her goal of becoming a doctor - maintaing a 4.0 GPA and pledging Zeta Phi Beta while on a basketball scholarship at Fayetteville State University!
And, if that was not enough, hearing the stories from some of her classmates about how Chi Chi actually made medical school look easy or her mother sharing how in middle school when she saw Chi Chi sitting by herself at her desk she asked what she was doing and Chi Chi’s response was that she was mapping out the courses she needed to become a doctor! Damn!
However, all of this it does not surprise me because while training her I saw firsthand how focused she was. To go from nobody checking for her after her sophomore year to starting to train with me that summer to being named a starter her junior year and being recruited to play AAU for the first time that summer (& getting three college scholarship offers afterwards) to eventually earning a full basketball scholarship to Fayetteville State to graduating from medical school! Chi Chi is the embodiment on NoWu, NobodyOutWorksUs, and I’m truly blessed and highly favored to have played a part in her extraordinary journey!
To this end, I recently started a nonprofit organization to expand the reach and influence of our program and allow us to impact more deserving youth in the Chalotte area. More details to follow but I hope some of my Instagrsm & FB family will join and support me in my newest endeavor.