[Beetle01]

My favorite player all time is Jeff Sheppard. In 95 I was at the rick Pitino basketball camp. Towards the end of camp they had a one on one challenge camp wide. Hundreds of kids, probably over 4 or 5 hundred kids. I had already played my way into the final four and was awaiting for the rest of the games to finish up, which took about an hour. So I was sent over to the side to chill. Well sitting there was Jeff, and he started chatting me up about getting into the final four. My first opponent was Pitino's own kid, I think his name was Richie, not sure but I think thats what it was. So he was giving me some pointers and stuff and just overall being real cool. Sat and talked to him him for awhile, probably 20-30 mins. Ya know being in 6th grade I was uber excited about that. I used some of the tips he gave me and beat Richie, holding him scoreless, and then went on to play this kid from Arkansas who was an absoloute beast, I wish I could remember his name because Im sure he played ball somewhere recently. He was an 8th grader and could dunk, I was just in 6th. However, I only lost by two to him, it was just one of those days where I couldn't hardly miss.

That was my first real up close personal experience with a player, and Sheppard was a real nice guy and since then he has always been my favorite all time player for UK. Other than him, I'd have to say the Monster Mash is my next fav.