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The Daily OrangeForth has academic plans after basketball
By Scott Bisang
Posted: 3/1/05, 11:32 PM EST Section: Sports
Obermeyer points to the screens Forth sets. The passes he delivers from the high post or down low. The fouls he absorbs. Basically, Obermeyer said, the things an average fan doesn't see.
"Craig would never say to me whether (the fans) did or didn't bother him," Obermeyer said. "It's got to upset you a little bit. You're not trying to do bad."
Throughout the year, Forth's family has been contacted by a few professional agencies trying to represent him after the season. They'll arrange a few NBA tryouts and Forth will try to latch on somewhere, maybe in Europe or a development league somewhere in the United States.
It's clear that Forth doesn't want to give up on basketball quite yet.
"I want to take basketball as far as possible," Forth said. "I'll just see what happens after the season."
But when Forth finally does make that decision, he'll have a great back-up plan in his education.
Jason Forth, Craig's older brother, and a junior at Syracuse, said that he first noticed Craig's desire to help others in the sixth grade.
Forth had surgery on his foot because his heel bones were hollow. He was out for the entire basketball season. Instead of playing video games and goofing off, Forth stayed with his team. He helped his teammates and he observed and learned.
Forth, unable to play, still sat on the bench for the entire season.
"That was an early sign of it," Jason said.
In high school, Forth volunteered to be a peer mediator, helping other students solve disputes. He also excelled in the classroom.
At one point during his senior year, Forth, with a 95 average in the classroom, struggled with a few problems in his calculus class. So he approached the teacher and asked for help. The teacher was so shocked that Forth even bothered to ask for help when he easily could have slacked off like a lot of high school seniors. She was especially shocked because Forth had already accepted a scholarship to Syracuse.
"Craig would never say to me whether (the fans) did or didn't bother him," Obermeyer said. "It's got to upset you a little bit. You're not trying to do bad."
Throughout the year, Forth's family has been contacted by a few professional agencies trying to represent him after the season. They'll arrange a few NBA tryouts and Forth will try to latch on somewhere, maybe in Europe or a development league somewhere in the United States.
It's clear that Forth doesn't want to give up on basketball quite yet.
"I want to take basketball as far as possible," Forth said. "I'll just see what happens after the season."
But when Forth finally does make that decision, he'll have a great back-up plan in his education.
Jason Forth, Craig's older brother, and a junior at Syracuse, said that he first noticed Craig's desire to help others in the sixth grade.
Forth had surgery on his foot because his heel bones were hollow. He was out for the entire basketball season. Instead of playing video games and goofing off, Forth stayed with his team. He helped his teammates and he observed and learned.
Forth, unable to play, still sat on the bench for the entire season.
"That was an early sign of it," Jason said.
In high school, Forth volunteered to be a peer mediator, helping other students solve disputes. He also excelled in the classroom.
At one point during his senior year, Forth, with a 95 average in the classroom, struggled with a few problems in his calculus class. So he approached the teacher and asked for help. The teacher was so shocked that Forth even bothered to ask for help when he easily could have slacked off like a lot of high school seniors. She was especially shocked because Forth had already accepted a scholarship to Syracuse.
