Post by jester on Feb 2, 2008 18:02:15 GMT -5
I think Sapp's playing has proven to be as important to our success as any player's....came across this article, I know the NY Post loves him, nice to see him getting some pub on his play and personality...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/wires/02/01/2060.ap.bkc.college.bkb.notes.adv02.1487/
SAPP'S ASSIST: Georgetown's Jessie Sapp has built a reputation as a clutch player in his three seasons with the Hoyas, the latest example his 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left in a 58-57 win over West Virginia last weekend.
The New York City native did admit to some nerves earlier this week when he introduced Rep. Charles Rangel, his hometown congressman, to a group of students, faculty and community members at Georgetown's Intercultural Center Auditorium.
The gathering was part of Georgetown's weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. - "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Shaping Public Policy Today.''
"I was so nervous,'' Sapp admitted. "Not so much when I met him or when I walked in, but when I got up on the stage to introduce him and looked out at everyone, that made me a little nervous.''
Rangel, like Sapp, is a native of Harlem, something the Hoyas guard was quick to point out to the crowd. He had been asked in the week before Rangel's appearance - which came on the night of the State of the Union address - to provide the introduction.
"It's cool to see someone from the neighborhood,'' Sapp said. "Where I come from, there are not many people who reach the level that he has. He's a big-time congressman in the House of Representatives and it doesn't get much bigger. It just gives you a different idea on what people from Harlem can become.''
Sapp had a chance to chat with Rangel when the Democratic House Ways and Means chairman spoke to the group for about 30 minutes before leaving for the State of the Union Address.
"He just told me to keep doing what I'm doing,'' Sapp said. "He said that people back home were proud of me. That meant a whole lot to me. I know my family and friends have watched what I've done, but to hear that from someone who is so important in this country and in the world, that really meant a lot.''
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/basketball/ncaa/wires/02/01/2060.ap.bkc.college.bkb.notes.adv02.1487/
SAPP'S ASSIST: Georgetown's Jessie Sapp has built a reputation as a clutch player in his three seasons with the Hoyas, the latest example his 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds left in a 58-57 win over West Virginia last weekend.
The New York City native did admit to some nerves earlier this week when he introduced Rep. Charles Rangel, his hometown congressman, to a group of students, faculty and community members at Georgetown's Intercultural Center Auditorium.
The gathering was part of Georgetown's weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. - "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy Shaping Public Policy Today.''
"I was so nervous,'' Sapp admitted. "Not so much when I met him or when I walked in, but when I got up on the stage to introduce him and looked out at everyone, that made me a little nervous.''
Rangel, like Sapp, is a native of Harlem, something the Hoyas guard was quick to point out to the crowd. He had been asked in the week before Rangel's appearance - which came on the night of the State of the Union address - to provide the introduction.
"It's cool to see someone from the neighborhood,'' Sapp said. "Where I come from, there are not many people who reach the level that he has. He's a big-time congressman in the House of Representatives and it doesn't get much bigger. It just gives you a different idea on what people from Harlem can become.''
Sapp had a chance to chat with Rangel when the Democratic House Ways and Means chairman spoke to the group for about 30 minutes before leaving for the State of the Union Address.
"He just told me to keep doing what I'm doing,'' Sapp said. "He said that people back home were proud of me. That meant a whole lot to me. I know my family and friends have watched what I've done, but to hear that from someone who is so important in this country and in the world, that really meant a lot.''
