“I appreciate your commitment to greatness and your historic achievement”. “Every time I sit in the huddle and look up at the eyes of Shaquille O’Neal or Dwayne Wade, I think now, I’m looking right through them at Nevil Shed and the rest of the African-American athletes from the 1966 Texas Western Championship team. There’s always somebody, a group, who has the courage to pave the way, to overcome certain things and make it better for other people”. “Texas Western became the first team ever to win a national basketball title with a starting lineup that consisted of five African-Americans. This emotional championship victory was a revolutionary win that ultimately played a vital role in bringing equality to intercollegiate athletics”. “Nevil Shed speaks about proper preparation, not just on the basketball court, but for life”. |
