Eulogio Medina is a sophomore basketball player and Mass Communications major here at SUNY Oneonta. He has been a part of the team for his first two seasons while attending Oneonta. Eulogio has been taking basketball very serious ever since he was a little kid, around ten years old. The way he got involved in basketball truly is a humbling story. Eulogio didn't come from the greatest of areas, as he explained he came from "the hood, like the actual thing" and life wasn't always the easiest for him coming out of there. If he wanted to be successful in anything he did he knew he had to get out the place that he called home for so many years. "You're either gonna play ball or sell drugs, join gangs and ultimately end up living a negative life." In fact his best games came from him remembering where he came from and knowing that he had to get out to better his life.
Eulogio did have a passion for basketball yes, but there was something that also caught his eye. A hidden talent that he has. Eulogio stated that he always had a little bit of an entrepreneur side to him, he always wanted to make money, but who doesn't. In the past few months, he found a new passion, this time in the form of bracelet making. He started getting into bracelet making when him and his girlfriend bought some stones and decided to make a few bracelets. Well a few turned into many real quick. With encouragement from his friends he decided to sell them and even make his own website called, Awakened Tribe.
Even tho Eulogio has been with the basketball team for the last two years, he will not be furthering his career as a collegiate athlete next season. "I can't have something constraining me, that's why i have to tell my coach I can't play ball anymore." Within the upcoming months, and years, Eulogio will work to enhance his business.
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