Yuuki Okubo - From D3 to Pro Basketball in Japan

Yuuki Okubo is a former D3 student-athlete (Oberlin College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Japan for the Fukushima Firebonds of the BLeague.

Yuuki was under recruited out of high school, but went on to start nearly every game of his D3 college career and was a 3x all-league standout in the NCAC. He also graduated as the all-time leader in assists with 510 and helped steadily improve the Yeomen's W/L record during his career.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Yuuki discusses how he picked an agent to help him start his professional basketball career, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares how he got recruited to Oberlin, how he's adjusting to life in Japan, where he wants his pro career to go, and much more.