December 11, 2007

NJCU'S JOHN PROFILED ON ESPN'S E:60

SEGMENT ENTITLED "THE MOST EXHAUSTED MAN IN SPORTS"

NJCU men’s basketball junior forward Dana John was featured on ESPN Television when his day-in-the-life story was told as part of a special edition of the primetime Newsmagazine program E:60. The segment of the show was entitled “The Most Exhausted Man in Sports.”

For John, it was the third major national exposure he—and the NJCU men’s basketball program— recently received. John was also featured in a five-page article in the December 17, 2007 issue of ESPN The Magazine, and his story was introduced on the program ESPN First Take on ESPN2 on December 5.

The ESPN program  chronicled a typical 24-hour day in John’s life during the basketball season. John, the 27-year-old star shooting guard for the Division III NJCU men’s basketball program, has had his tale of perseverance highlighted in numerous national publications and on local, regional and national television over the last two seasons.

For three years, he has managed to balance a successful basketball career with a full-time, five-day-per-week job with the United States Post Office—working the graveyard from midnight to 8:30 AM Monday thru Friday—while maintaining a full-time academic course load, basketball practice/games, and family commitments that include caring for his four-year-old son and handicapped nephew. He is majoring in Special Education at NJCU.

John never played organized basketball at any level prior to attending NJCU as a freshman in 2005-06. He became the 26th member of the 1000-point club in a 72-66 win over St. Joseph's-Brooklyn on December 10.