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Gerity orbits around his love for basketball

March 11, 2010

Evan Shaub

There is something to be said about the kid who is the first person at practice and the last one to leave. There is also something to be said when that kid is the basketball team manager.

Wake up, have breakfast, go to school, set up the scoreboard, get out the equipment, run the clock, put away the equipment, fold uniforms, go home. Repeat.

Glamorous, right?

To some that may seem wrong, but for Ryan Gerity, it’s not about the glamour; it’s about much more than that. It is about his love for the game, his love for his school, and the love he has for his teammates. This is his motivation.

“I love being on the team,” Gerity said. “Everyone on the team is fun to be around, everyone is really funny, and I just enjoy being around them. A lot of my best memories at Hoban were with them.”
Gerity, who has managed the team since his freshmen year, has been around basketball even longer.

“I’ve played CYO since 4th grade, and I have been around basketball since I was about three,” Gerity said. “When I got to Hoban, T.K. asked me to be a manager and I said ‘Yes.’ Now I’m here.”

“Here,” is exactly where head coach T.K. Griffith, and the rest of the basketball team, want him to be.

“I love the dedication and devotion that Ryan shows,” Griffith said. “We like having him here, and I hope his experience here is something he cherishes and remembers for the rest of his life.”

As for the rest of his life, Ryan doesn’t know yet where he wants to go to college. Although he doesn’t know where life is going to take him, he does know what he wants to do: be around basketball.

If he can keep up his consistent dedication, nothing can stop him from achieving this goal.

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