The Final Chapter

I would like to thank everybody that has been following my blog and checking up on my recent trip to Europe. The trip has opened up my eyes to a whole new world including things such as food, culture and overall living style. I was able to get the best of both worlds experiencing basketball on a whole new level along with sites and sounds from across the Atlantic. Those sights and sounds will be with me for a very long time and I am thankful for the opportunity given to me by Drew Dawson and Roy Blumenthal with Global Sports Academy.

Basketball is a lot of fun when you can play along side a group of guys that are unselfish and knowledgeable about making winning plays all the time. It is crazy how a group of strangers can transform into a group of friends in less than ten days. I swear I might have slept less than 20 hours the entire trip. Coach Jordan Watson did a great job showing us another side to the game of basketball and how hard work and the right attitude can lead to great things. In the past nine days I have gained over a dozen friends and a thousand memories that will be instilled in my mind forever. The game of basketball has given me the opportunity to explore places I have only seen on the internet or heard about in school. I truly feel like I have gained more knowledge about Europe in the past nine days than I have in the past nine years going through classrooms and book assignments that I dread completing.

I feel like this experience has allowed me to expand my knowledge on the entire world. It has also given me a sense of refreshment and new found excitement for the game of basketball and bringing a consistent overall winning attitude everyday in whatever it is that you love to do.

The future holds whatever you fill it with so thanks again to everyone for following along!


- Zach Monaghan