Before senior Ronshad Shabazz became one of the most decorated basketball players in App State history, he was a kid worried for his life, moving back-and-forth from South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Shabazz said growing up, people around him would find themselves in situations where they’d lose their lives. He remembers a time when he was not able to sleep for a week, being kept up by the fear of losing his own life after a family friend had lost hers.
“I remember when I was 9 or 10, I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know if I‘m going to live to do all of the things I want to, and at that time I didn’t care about basketball, I was just trying to live,” Shabazz said.