Basketball Captain Dreams Of Excelling At Int’l Level

Captain of the Sea Horse team of the just concluded Basketball Clinic tagged Olympa Africa Basketball net held in Port Harcourt, Victor Sopriala Mike Elechi, has said that his dream is to play the sport to international level.
Elechi who disclosed this yesterday at the basketball court situated between Bende and Niger Street, Port Harcourt said he has strong passion and interest in the sport.
According to him, his passion and determination to excel in the sport would be the stepping stone to his success saying that he is working hard to get to that point, which has always been his dream.
He said that his mentor in the sports is Lebron James of America, who is popularly called “King James” because of his skills in the sport.
“I look up to Lebron James, an international basketballer  from America. Though, this is the first competitions I have ever competed for, but I hope to play in many more competition at the various  professional level till I get to my  dream which is the international level.
“I wish to be promoted to the Junior professionals at the end of this programme”, Elechi said.
Meanwhile, the programme which commenced August 14, 2017 was  also witnessed at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) as part of activities for the Olympa Africa Basketball net.
Earlier, Coach of the male Basketball team, Dagogo Okumgba has said that the aim  was to create awareness to the young lads that education can not be separated from sports, saying that the duo goes hand in hand.