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.