Terrace Road School 的员工和学生们受邀免费参观了来自哈林环球演艺团的Zeus McClurkin。

Zeus通过讲述他的生活和打篮球的经历来娱乐大家。这位身高6英尺8英寸的Zeus分享了他是不放弃和不让障碍阻止实现梦想的活生生例证。他从七年级到十年级连续被每支篮球队剔除，但他一直坚持，最后在高中的大三和大四季节成功入选球队。

他在大学的前几年在二级联赛的一个项目打球，但主教练离开后，Zeus失去了机会。不气馁的他，报名加入了北卡罗来纳农工州立大学的篮球队，通过走进球队击败了其他30个有希望的人选。Zeus在北农工取得了工商管理学士学位，然后在故乡哥伦布的富兰克林大学获得了市场营销与传播学硕士学位。

Zeus也是Globetrotters演艺团中最多荣誉的运动员之一，拥有3项吉尼斯世界纪录：

• 2017年一分钟内最多扣篮16次
• 2017年一分钟内最多反弹三分球15次
• 2018年最多背后三分球命中3次

Zeus与学生们分享了他有趣的个性和疯狂的特技投篮，并传递了反欺凌的信息，提醒学生们要：

Talk to an adult（与成人交流）
Empathize with others（关心他人）
Ask questions（提问）
Mobilize to manage stress（积极调节压力）

学生和员工对他的演讲感到非常高兴。一位学生说Zeus改变了她的生活，因为她能够与妈妈谈论她在家里的问题。

特别感谢Globetrotters演艺团提供这个特殊的机会。

Terrace Road School staff and students were treated to a complimentary visit from Zeus McClurkin, a Harlem Globetrotter.

Zeus entertained everyone by talking about his life and path to play basketball. Zeus, who is 6’8”, shared that he is a testament to not giving up or letting obstacles get in the way of achieving one’s dream. He was cut from every basketball team he tried out for from seventh grade through tenth grade but he kept pushing and finally made his high school team for his junior and senior seasons.

He played his first couple of years of college ball at a Division II program but the departure of the head coach left Zeus on the outside looking in. Undeterred, he enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University, making the basketball team as a walk-on, beating out 30 other hopefuls in the process. Zeus earned an undergraduate degree in business management at NC A&T and then a master’s degree in marketing and communications from Franklin University, based in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

Zeus is also one of the most decorated athletes on the Globetrotters rosters holding three Guinness World Record titles. Zeus has set the mark for:

• The most basketball slam dunks in one minute with 16 in 2017
• The most bounced three-pointers in one minute with 15 in 2017 and
• The most behind-the-back three-pointers with three baskets made in 2018.

Zeus shared his fun personality and crazy trick shots with students and shared an anti-bullying message reminding students to:

Talk to an adult
Empathize with others
Ask questions and
Mobilize to manage stress

Students and staff were delighted with his presentation. One student said that Zeus changed her life as she was able to talk to her mom about her problems at home.

Special thanks to the Globetrotter organization for this special opportunity.