By Hayden Swope
Javone Glover, a basketball athlete from Wichita Northwest, was chosen as the Shelter Insurance Athlete of the Month. Last year, Glover was named honorable mention all-league.
“It means a lot to me especially because I don’t have a whole lot of eyes and it shows I’m progressing,” Glover said.
Glover spent the offseason working on the court with teammates and coaches to ready his game for the upcoming season.
“I have just been in the gym preparing myself physically and mentally to get ready for a great long season and I would definitely want to work on my handle,” Glover said.
While hoping to grow his own stats, Glover also has a goal of helping lead his team far in the postseason.
“Well my biggest goal is for the team and I to make the state tournament because I believe that we deserve to be there,” Glover said. “I would like to improve my points in a game, it’s pretty low and improve in a mental way.”
Glover looked back on his favorite year of basketball, and how it impacted his life for the good.
“My favorite basketball memory was my sophomore year when I finally made my first school basketball team after being cut every year I tried out for a team,” Glover said.
While being a senior and taking the Northwest court for one last time this year, Glover does have aspirations to continue playing after graduation.
“My future plans are to go play college basketball at a school that would give me the opportunity and really just further my basketball career,” Glover said.
