Reese Mona drives up a long, winding dirt gravel road in a Gator utility vehicle, proudly showing off the place he calls home. The Maryland basketball walk-on has a wide smile on his face as we reach where the end of the 62-acre property meets the highway in La Plata, Maryland.
“So there’s Mona Farm Place,” he says while pointing to a rustic white sign to his left, which also has “Preference” written in bold letters across the top. Further below, the signs reads, “Circa 1824” — indicating the farm’s origins, which his family took over in 1971.