Chapter 277 New Stage at College Basketball 1 (1/2)

Jake was very happy to know that he had won this award, even though he didn't know much about the world's athletics awards it was obvious that this award was very important to long-distance athletes like him.

He had never won any awards in the years he played basketball, prizes like Mr. Basketball or was selected for McDonald's All-American Game, he never thought his first prize in the sport would be by Run in the marathons.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

The only thing that consoled Jake was that not even Michael Jordan who was his idol had won prizes while playing at the High School, so Jake could console himself that he was following a different path from the others.

”Thank you very much for the prize, How do I receive?”

”We will have only one reception in a hotel in New York and you must go to receive, in fact, this award took longer than expected that year, the winner among women has already received the prize.”

”Why did it happen?”

”Because we planned to give this award to someone else, after you won the gold medal at the Olympics we decided to wait to make another assessment, but soon after you won the Chicago marathon and broke the world record and so won the prize.”

The person on the phone ended up summarizing the situation, but Jake understood that the situation had been much more complicated than this person was talking about, the important thing was that he had won in the end and would receive the prize.

So the following night Jake traveled after making the proofs for New York to receive the prize, he hoped that this reception at the hotel would be very lively and that many people would be present.

But it turned out that only the people of the AIMS were present at dinner, Jake received the prize and was applauded and then took some photos and talked to a staff of the association, as already Had come to New York Jake stayed for quite a while and chatted with several members of the association before leaving.

Still, he was very happy to have won the prize and even asked for some copies of the photos at the dinner in which he received the prize after all this was the first international prize he won since he started running.

Some members of the press were also present in this award and so this award would also be published in the newspapers, Jake also asked them to send some copies of the paper to him when they published.

Everyone liked to talk to Jake who had a very good personality and was humble when he talked to everyone, all the members of the press knew that Jake was now a college basketball star beside a great athlete.

Reporters asked some questions about the games and the team, as well as asking about the marathons that Jake had won, Jake was very polite and answered all the questions, even the most personal.

Sports reporters were happy to have come to this award because they had the opportunity to ask several questions that Jake had not responded to anywhere before, so Jake decided to stay in New York and go away just the other day.

The next day while Jake thought of a good time to leave he received another invitation, it seemed that the news that Jake was in New York had spread to the middle of sporting News.

”Hello, I'd like to talk to Jake Smith.”

”It's me, who's talking?”

”I am Joe, a representative of Sports Illustrated, we have learned that Mr. Smith is here in New York and we would like to invite you to take some photos and do an interview for our magazine for the month of January.”

This was not an invitation to receive a prize, but it was also a great honor for an athlete, even though it was not for the cover of the magazine it was still very cool to be in a great magazine like This, not to mention that it would be another great Advertising for their sponsors.

Jake did not know this because he was too busy with the Games, but his fame climbed on another level after this sequel of 5 victories on the Tar Heels team, now he was widely recognized for being talented and succeeding in two different sports.

Before when he was younger he gained some fame by participating in competitions in two different sports, but he was still at the high school and had won only one marathon.

Now things were different, he was participating in a high level of two different sports, he won several marathons and managed to break a world record in athletics, and in basketball was on a college team that had a history of several Tournament won.

So his feat was much better and difficult to repeat, so Jake was having more visibility than ever, if he could beat this NCAA Tournament would be even more surprising, so of course, the great magazines would want to interview him.

”I accept yes, you can send me the address I go there.”

After a few hours, Jake had arrived where Joe gave the address, Jake had said on the phone that he had to travel to the university, so the magazine staff quickly organized the photo section and the interview that would just be written.

The photos were with Jake holding a basketball and a replica of the gold medal he won at the Olympic game, of course, the real medal was in Miami and Jake would not have time to catch.