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Show (jSY The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesdav. February 2t, 1'IKIi Hall Community Sports and Recreation School Swap Pays Off for Athlete I'alli Aiiei rtlt't Mike Mum is everything must high school students dream of being By T'l ilmiif Stall ail honoi si udeiil a student-hodofficer. and a super athlete who has earned varsity letters m both basket hall and fool ha Hut when the Jni dan High senior was growing up lie wasn t admired lie had no friends and was the continual target of jokes and snide icmarks by his classmates The first week of s huol they told him they wouldn't have anything to do with him," related Mr Mike Murry. Sr "He was tall and real heavy Two or three times a week lie was coming home with kids chasing him. or heating him up " Life was miserable for Mm ry through grade school and junior high Finally, his family decided that a new school would lie the way to go Mike transferred to Jordan High School, where Mr. Murrv is a teacher, in the ninth grade. It was like going from night to day "I came to Jordan and fit right in," said Mike. The kids at Butler were terrible. I didn't fit in at all. It startled me how friendly the kids were here. Sports didn't really play much in the change. It was the chance1 of meeting new kids " Success found Murry at Jordan High. He went out for the football team, earning a starting position as a junior Hard work has paid oil lor the Jordan senior He recently received a scholarship to day football at the University o I tali Several other schools offered him a scholarship including Brown I'niversity. but Murry chose the I ' had such a low opinion of ngwll I was hoping just to do well I novel thought I would earn a scholarship to the I. Alien I was a freshman and sophomore it was a distant goal to play in college. I didn't ever think would get a schol arship. That was good in a way My hopes weren't too high and it made me work harder," said Murry It is a surprise to learn that Murry was cut from his junior high basketball team. Standing at weighing 230 pounds, he is one of the top centers in the state now "When I came here I made the I big-tim- freshman school basketball full-rid- team After would practice with varsity players and they really helped me out I started growing and gained coordination," remembered Murry "I gained a lot of self confidence, proha blv through sports." Mr, Murry taught driver's education after school. Mike would shoot baskets in the gym. waiting for his I ride home "In the eighth grade he was about H feet tall and 2(10 pounds," said Mr. Murry. "I thought he would be lucky if he plays anything I never thought ANY PERM But he could play basketball worked out everyday He succeeded through hard work and not giving lie up" Murry has been involved in athletics since he was a little kid T look back at pictures and see this short, little pudgy guy. No one could tell I am the same person." said Murry "I had to earn it I wasn't blessed with natural ability and I think I appreciate it a lot more" Murry understands how it is to be the "loser." "I would just tell kids not to give up hope. I was at a point where I w anted to craw l in a little hole, I had such a low opinion of myself. I learned to shrug off what people think. Nobody thought I would do so good. I just kept working at it. You think there is no light at the end of the tunnel, but no matter how dim it s there." he said Transferring schools was defmtely a good move for the Jordan senior "I am happier than I ever could be. My dad teaches here. 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