BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Nate Santos comes from a basketball family.
Though he played baseball and soccer and enjoyed observing football growing up, it was almost a forgone conclusion that he would end up on the hardwood in some capacity. He has the genes of two athletes, and the common bond between each of his parents and his three siblings came through within basketball.
After all, each member of his immediate family has reached some prominent level of basketball, with his father playing professionally in his native Puerto Rico and every member of his immediate family reaching the international stages.