The stage was set for Harrison Hookfin’s audition.
Halfway through his first year as a student at Ohio State, the standout hooper at Cincinnati’s Lebanon High School was given a tryout in the form of three practices with the Buckeye basketball team – an opportunity to walk on if all went well.
But after a semester off of competitive basketball, jumping into live action against the likes of Kaleb and Andre Wesson was a justifiably nerve-racking proposition. So much so that Hookfin’s first shot attempt in front of the players and coaches he was aiming to impress hit nothing but air.