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Walk-on to coach: How Jon Fleming moved from one seat on the bench to another

In May 2013, Jon Fleming lay in bed in Fishers, Indiana, wondering if his dreams to play college basketball were exhausted.

He had set records for assists in a game and a season at Fishers High School, despite standing at just 5 foot 9 inches. He never received a scholarship offer from a Division I school. Division II and III schools had called, but Fleming declined.

The University of Illinois-Chicago and Indiana-Purdue at Indianapolis, both Division I schools, hadoffered him a chance to walk on. After briefly looking into UI Chicago, Fleming knew it wasn’t the right fit.