Washington Middle School Student

Plays for a Scholarship

By Anthony P.

Miguel Acevedo likes basketball. Miguel likes to play with his friends because he says., "It’s fun!" A Washington Middle School student, he practices every day to get better.

Miguel says, "I want to go to North Carolina University because Michael Jordaa went there." Acevedo says he wants to play basketball because he wants to get famous and he doesn’t want to have to struggle for money. Miguel says that he wants to play basketball in high school and in college.

Miguel played for a couple of AAU teams. "I was on an Eastside team. My coach told his sister to take her good players and put them on his team so that he could make a good AAU team."

Acevedo’s favorite basketball player is Stefawn Maberry, because he’s quick and very talented.