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Jeremiah Anderson put basketball on hold after graduating high school.
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His recruiting process imploded during his junior year, and his college basketball dream seemed that it would be unfulfilled. Then, at 17 years old following his high school graduation in 2019, he decided to move in with his grandmother in Tobyhanna, Penn. Anderson helped around the house for three years, hardly touching a basketball, trying to decide what to do with his life.
But after taking a trip back to his hometown of Brooklyn, playing in an open gym with old friends, and some inspiration from his great-grandmother, he decided that he was ready to play college basketball. Four years on, Anderson, now a decorated college player, comes to Merrimack for his final year of eligibility, looking to lead the Warriors to the Division-I NCAA Tournament for the first time.
Growing up in Bed-Stuy, Anderson was always surrounded by basketball. His mom, grandmother, uncles and more all played. He joined multiple AAU teams and played all around the city, including for the famous Gauchos program. Anderson played two seasons at Brooklyn powerhouse Eagle Academy, but heading into his junior year, his dad moved him away to East Stroudsburg, Penn.
He said that he didn’t have a say in the move, and that he wouldn’t have moved if it was up to him, but it wasn’t.
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Anderson made friends quickly in East Stroudsburg. He won a championship in his first season there as well, but something was missing. He was young for his grade, and he attempted to reclassify to be a sophomore, but mid-year, he was deemed too advanced academically to be a sophomore and was switched, overnight, to a junior.
“(That) ruined most of my recruitment,” Anderson told Mid-Major Madness.
With the interest no longer coming in, and separated from his Brooklyn roots,…
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