When Michael Wielansky began high school, he was shorter than his grandma.
He entered Ladue’s doors at exactly 5-feet tall. He barely weighed 100 pounds. And in the spring, he was the shortest kid on the JV baseball team.
Six years later and 14 inches taller, Wielansky restlessly shot baskets into a mini-hoop in the family room of his house. Wielansky’s parents, sister and girlfriend sat nearby. Together, they waited.
The name popped up on his father’s phone first. He broke the stress and tension with a cry.
“Oh my God, Mike,” Steve Wielansky said.