Jim "Basketball" Jones visited Hoover Middle School recently to share a message about positive behaviors and how they influence lives. According to some who attended the assembly, the event was uplifting and captivated the students in attendance.
In 15 years, Jones has headlined 15,000 assemblies and inspired countless lives.
He discusses anti-bullying, character education, state testing motivation and positive lift choices. His program underscores helping individuals develop and harness their inner strengths and positive mind set to lead better, more fulfilling lives.
Diagnosed early in life with dyslexia, he struggled to find himself in the special education curriculum. By the time he was a senior in high school, he was still reading at a second grade level. His mother helped him keep up with his lessons by reading to him. Thanks to one of his teacher, Irene Schuster, he was able to double his reading rate during his final year in high school. A solid GPA got him into Bowling Green State University.
In college, he excelled. He was the pledge class president of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma freshman honorary treasurer, Beta Gamma Sigma National Honorary inductee, Dean's Advisory Council finance department representative, College of Business Board of Appeals representatives, president of Entrepreneurship Unlimited, a player on the club volleyball team, captured the outstanding finance student award, the Wall Street Journal Student Award and was the outstanding graduating senior in the college of business.
He loved basketball, beginning in the sixth grade. He helped him fit in with others -- be creative and let his dreams roam. He became so good at it that he was asked to perform his tricks at NBA games.
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