UNC’s Sasha Seymore is used to winning titles… but not always in basketball. Despite being the senior class president and the recipient of the most prestigious scholarship UNC offers, Carolina basketball player may just be the sweetest title yet.
Seymore: I’ve always dreamed of playing basketball for North Carolina, so to make the team was in and of itself a dream come true. It’s such a special opportunity to put on a Carolina basketball jersey and say I’m part of something that has such a historic legacy.
Courtesy of tarheelblog.com
Seymore played in six games as a walk-on for the Tar Heels before tearing his ACL in a game against Alabama-Birmingham. Seymore’s injury marked the end of his Carolina basketball career.
Seymore: I know there are a million kids out there who have the same dream that I’ve had. There are a million kids that have wanted to play basketball for North Carolina. So to even have gotten this opportunity in the first place is just such an incredible blessing.
Seymore says his injury won’t stop him from setting new goals.
Seymore: I really like setting goals and accomplishing them and I really like going after something so I think this is just another challenge and just another goal. It’s just another thing to overcome. And when I think of it like that, it gives me another thing to beat and I like that.
Whether he’s chasing his goals on the court or in the classroom, Seymore has one motto to live by.
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics
Seymore: I think it’s a little bit cliché to say, “keep following your dreams, never give up on that,” but that’s entirely true. That’s exactly what I did and each step in the process I had this end goal in mind of this is where I wanted to be and this is what I wanted to do. And as long as you keep that in mind, it’s entirely possible to do whatever it is that you want to do.
Seymore will be working abroad in Ireland next semester as the recipient of the Mitchell Scholarship—one of the most prestigious scholarships in the nation.
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