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Julian Newman doesn’t care that he is the shortest on the court, standing at only 4’5”, or that he is only in 5th grade.\u00a0 His love is basketball and that is what he is good at.<\/p>\n

After scoring 91 points in a middle school game, he was promoted to the high school varsity squad.\u00a0 He has since helped them to an 18-5 record.<\/p>\n

Julian’s high school teammates were skeptical at first, but he has since proved worthy of the position.\u00a0 \u201cHe definitely proved us wrong,\u201d said Jonathan Ferrell, a junior on the team. \u201cI look up to him now because he\u2019s so much better than me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Julian has handle and can shoot! – Image Credit: New York Times<\/p>\n

Mark Cuban always says, “Don’t follow your dreams, follow your efforts”.\u00a0 Julian sure does – he practices basketball about 6 hours a day!!\u00a0 School still comes first – he’s making straight A’s \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

A video of him went viral online and he has since had interviews with ESPN and Sports Illustrated!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FNQZff04YbY<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

And that’s what’s good,
Jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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