I am Kewain. I am a 19-year-old freshman who attends MACC on a basketball scholarship. Basketball maybe my favorite hobby today but it hasn't always been that way. I grew up in small town in the southeast corner of Missouri called Wyatt. The population there is around 300 people. In this small town is where most of my family stays. My great- grand mother, Pearl William, moved there from Mississippi when she was about 40 years old. She had 7 children. All of them relocated except for her youngest daughter, Rebecca, who was my grandmother. She had twelve children, eight girls and four boys. One of those girls was Page, my mother. My mother and six of sisters remained in Wyatt to help take care of my grand and great- grand mother.
             I come from a very close and loving family. They trained me when I was young, teaching me right from wrong, how to behave, and the values of life. My dad was not around so I had to learn everything from them. My family was also very high on education. That was the number one priority in our house. For most of my life I was an honor student. Due to our size we did not have our own public school. We had to travel to Charleston and attend school, which was about 10 miles away. I have always like going to school. Since I didn't live in Charleston it was the only time I to see my classmates.
             When I was in the seventh grade, I began to play basketball with my friends in P.E. class. I used to just play for fun but never really go t into it. Most of my friends had been playing for a long time and taught me the rules of the game. My P.E. teacher, who was also the basketball coach, saw that I was getting good and asked me to try out for the team. I asked my mother and she said that I would have a ride back and forth to practice. I continued to play in class but that was about it.
             The next year I asked my mother could I play again and she said I could under one condition that I keep my...