How did Nathan and his size 16 pair of basketball shoes land on UCSD’s terra firma? Originally from Spokane, WA but high schooled in Mesa, AZ Smurf was the whiz kid of his high school’s athletic program playing basketball, volleyball and pretty much anything that involved projectiles. He was All-State on his HS basketball team, a status which showered him with offers to seven different Division I schools. Unfortunately, the big guy broke his right elbow before he had signed on the dotted line and the Division I suitors dropped him like a hot potato so off to UC San Diego he went and the rest is history.
And just what does he do with his time when he’s not working for Rec Classes as a Program Assistant and basketball instructor? Smurf is all over that project as he juggles life on campus as an R.A. in Eleanor Roosevelt’s International House with all of his other outlets including his newest passion, Gymnastics . “I like learning to feel comfortable with being uncomfortable and feeling in control with being slightly out of control,” he said. But for now his big shoes and big presence make for a big impression over in the land of Rec Classes. Try out one of Smurf’s basketball classes offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5 p.m. or join him in the South Balcony for some crazy fun gymnastics.
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