A Dream Come True…Tippecanoe Valley’s Stephen Akase

(6-13-24) From Lagos, Nigeria to ‘Hoosier Hysteria‘ a dream is coming true…Stephen Akase has been able to play high school basketball at Tippecanone Valley (Ind) High School.

His quest to come to the US and to make this all happened started with a posting on T’X’ITTER on November 2020 asking for just an opportunity—

Hi my name is Stephen I’m a kid from Africa i play basketball and would love to study and play for a school in America please if there’s someone out there who can help me please do but if you can’t please help me retweet this till an nba player or highschool coach sees it pic.twitter.com/S5dARUnAH5
— Stephen Akase (@akase_stephen) November 24, 2020

He worked hard and it now it has paid off as he prepares for his Junior year at Tippecanoe Valley.

So much work’s been done and it’s been to so much get better behind the eyes that believe and doubt. pic.twitter.com/AW6AXxHROF
— Stephen Akase (@akase_stephen) November 10, 2021

WANE-TV’s Glenn Marini‘s interview fills you in on his adventure to succeed in America —-

VIDEO: From Africa to Akron, Ind., the game of basketball has taken Stephen Akase (@akase_stephen) halfway around the world! The 6-7 forward is just scratching the surface at @TVVikingBball here in northeast Indiana! @TValleyAth @TippecanoeB @tippecanoevlly @hsbbcoachrhs pic.twitter.com/lfgz8pacXg
— Glenn Marini (@GlennMariniWANE) June 12, 2024

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Another African born player impacted Indiana the past several seasons…Kokomo’s Flory Bidunga, from the Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo…he just ended his high school career being named Indiana’s Mr. Basketball and will continue his basketball career at Kansas.