Josh Speidel had more than a dozen offers to play Division I basketball when he committed to play at Vermont before his senior year of high school. He took a gap year after graduating, and started at Vermont in August 2016, where he’s rehabbed with trainers but was never cleared for contact or practice with the team.The Republic reported that a doctor told Speidel he wouldn’t learn to read above a fourth-grade level after his accident.
save hide report. Settings. Josh Speidel was set to be one of the best players in Vermont basketball history. Basketball. It's so sad to hear about things like this. Awesome to see how he has recovered.Being recognized and starting is cool and a great story.Just letting him score is more for us to pat ourselves on the back than for him.Sports News and Highlights from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and leagues around the world.Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. Five years ago, a car accident put Indiana high school basketball star Josh Speidel in a coma and left him with a traumatic brain injury. Josh Speidel had more than a dozen offers to play Division I basketball when he committed to play at Vermont before his senior year of high school. He will graduate from Vermont’s College of Education in May, after entering his senior year with a 3.4 GPA.“I didn’t know how long it was going to take,” Speidel said. Play. Extraordinary grace on the part of UVM, UAlbany, America East and of course Josh himself.Oh god, what sportsmanship, such humainty, I'm not crying you're crying!Just awesome. But after a car accident during his senior year of high school left him in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, his D1 dreams were put on hold.During Tuesday’s win over Albany, Speidel suited up for the Catamounts on senior night and scored the first points of his college career.“The last five years, it was hard work, and with the right help and with the dedication that I would get to senior night,” Speidel told Speidel, now 24, was an Indiana All-Star and is the all-time leading scorer at Columbus North High School, where Vermont recruited him before his senior season – and before Coach John Becker visited Speidel and his parents in the hospital in Indianapolis to inform them that Speidel’s scholarship would still be honored, according to The Republic. I hope to have half of his determination if I were ever in his shoes.Such a purely amazing moment. He was recruited to play for the University of Vermont before the accident, and they honored his scholarship even though he wasn't going to be able to play for them.
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Josh Speidel, a member of the University of Vermont's basketball team, was a highly touted prospect before a car accident derailed his college career. share. Josh Speidel had more than a dozen offers to play Division I basketball when he committed to play at Vermont before his senior year of high school. Fuck, life is fragile. I like the ball movement beforehand as well.Golic and Wingo had him on as a guest this morning. 1. This was just fantasticNot even close, it's so good. 96% Upvoted. Fullscreen . Josh Speidel, whose basketball prospects ended with a 2015 car accident, was able to make a layup for the University of Vermont on senior night. It was hard work, but with all the extra hands and guidance, that made it possible.”Since Speidel came to Burlington, the Catamounts reached the NCAA tournament twice, became the first unbeaten team in the America East Conference, and have been the league’s top seed in four consecutive seasons.“I told Josh that the years he’s been here are the best years of this program’s history, arguably,” Becker told the “He’s been in some way a big part of it and he’ll always be linked to this program’s history in my mind.” “I was just looking to graduate, whether it was four years or five years or six years or however long it took. 0:00. And crazy.As someone that got ducked up real bad in an accident that’s so sadI was there last night and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Vermont's Josh Speidel had a special moment on Senior Night, starting and scoring his first college bucket five years after a car accident left him in a coma.
0:00. I know there are people who may think the gesture was hokey or whatnot, but I thought it was a cool moment.And he has a 3.5GPA and lives in the basketball house with his boys. Tonight was his Senior Night, and he got to score a bucket for them. A nearly fatal car accident on Feb. 1, 2015, took that all away. 28 comments. Tonight, on his Senior Night, he scored his first basket on the first possession of the game. Amazing young man. Vermont senior Josh Speidel gets the first start of his career and the first points of his career. The site may not work properly if you don't If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit Press J to jump to the feed.