The Melo Trimble who arrived at Bishop O'Connell High School six years ago was, in some ways, a lot like the one who has starred the last two seasons for the Maryland men's basketball program. In other ways, the two are very different.
"When he first came to O'Connell, when he would shake your hand, he wouldn't look you in the eye. He'd kind of turn away, so he was probably a little bit more shy," said Joe Wootten, the head basketball coach and athletic director at the Northern Virginia private school. "But he was always confident on the court.