Up and down the court he goes while eyes are staring, but what are they thinking? Can he play or can he not? Yet, once he shoots the crowd is left with no more anticipation, but instead a look of surprise because of how much talent senior Andrew Muthart brings to the court.

Muthart says he’s been playing basketball for five years, and his love for basketball started when he was in eighth grade, when he used to watch his older sister play. He goes onto say his desire to know the feeling of being on a court grew stronger so he went out and played for Stagg his freshman year. Muthart says when he first joined the team he became apart of they didn’t work so well together, but as soon as they started to bond more it made a big difference on and off the court; which soon made them a “decent team.”

Muthart said when he first started playing basketball the nerves would always get to him, but now when he steps on the court nothing else matters; not the crowd, not the distracting noises it’s just him and the game. Depending on whether the team wins or loses determines the aftermath of his thoughts.  

“If we win a game I think about all of the things I wasn’t thinking about during the game,” Muthart said. “But, if we lose I always look back and see what the team could’ve done better, what I could’ve done better.”

Standing at 5 feet and 10 inches, grouped into a stereotype that just because you’re a certain skin color you can’t play basketball, Muthart leaves this year, which is his last year playing the sport he loves proving everyone wrong.

“People look at you and think you wouldn’t be a good player because of your skin color,” Muthart said. “But skin color doesn’t define how good you are.”