Andy Sneddon, CMUChippewas.com
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – John McCarty wasn’t chasing the athletic-scholarship carrot or the professional-basketball pipe dream.
To the Central Michigan senior, basketball was a pursuit, something he loved, and not a means to an end. His eggs were in another basket.
Last week, McCarty’s three-plus years as a walk-on on the Chippewa men’s team came to an end when coach Keno Davis granted a scholarship to the Lake Orion native.
“It feels like a lot of hard work has paid off -- it feels great,” said McCarty, whose parents both earned degrees from CMU.