This week, Kendal sits down with John Camden, a redshirt freshman on the Hokies Men's Basketball Team, to hear about his journey to becoming a Division I basketball player at Virginia Tech! Growing up in an athletic family, John knew he always had a passion for basketball and wanted to pursue it at the collegiate level. After sustaining numerous injuries in high school and before heading into college, as well as entering the transfer portal after his freshman year at Memphis, John has learned many valuable lessons about facing adversity and how to overcome some of life’s toughest battles. Through all of his setbacks, his greatest piece of advice he shares is to take everything day by day and to approach one thing at a time. 

Listen to John’s full story here on Episode Two of Start Jumping!