The Student Athlete Sessions
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The Student Athlete Sessions
John DiBartolomeo - From D3 Hoops to Overseas Pro & Euroleague Captain
John DiBartolomeo is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Rochester) who is currently playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.
He is arguably the most successful D3 to pro story we've ever seen to so wanted to find out more about he went from D3 All-American to 6x Israeli League Champion and Euroleague Captain.
In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, John discusses how he picked an agent to help him start his professional basketball career, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose Rochester for college, how developing off the court helped him make major strides as a player, the hardest thing about adjusting to life abroad, and much more.
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