Sydney Jones

Hiram HS |SG/SF| 3.94 GPA | 5’9”| Phillippians 2:3 | 1240

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

https://t.co/XHIAp0mzRT

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

In 1991, David Robinson walked into a fifth grade classroom at Gates Elementary School in San Antonio.

He was 25 years old, two years into the NBA, already the best center in the league.

He made the kids a deal.

Finish high school, and he'd give every single one of them $2,000 toward college.

Ninety four kids.

Then he left, and those kids went off to do the next seven years of their lives, and most people forgot the whole thing had happened.

He didn't.

In 1998, fifty of those students walked across a stage with a diploma.

Robinson showed up.

And he didn't hand out what he'd promised. He handed each of them $8,000.

Four times the amount. To fifty kids, in cash toward college, seven years after making a promise to a room full of ten year olds who had no way of holding him to it.

He never had to do any of it. He'd made the promise before most of those children were tall enough to reach a rim, and nobody would have said a word if he'd quietly let it go.

Here's the thing about that decision. It didn't stop there.

Robinson and his wife Valerie put $9 million into building a school on the East Side of San Antonio, in a neighborhood that didn't have one like it. Carver Academy opened in 2001, pre-K through eighth grade, mostly low-income families.

Those kids learn Spanish, German and Japanese. They build robots. They run a broadcast studio.

He also went back to school himself, in his forties, and finished a master's degree with a 4.0 while studying 10 to 15 hours a week, specifically so the Carver students would see him do it.

His own explanation for all of it has never gotten more complicated than one sentence.

"We do the right things because that's what God told us to do."

The NBA gives out an award every year for community service. In 2003 they renamed it the David Robinson Plaque.

Two rings. An MVP. Ten All-Star teams. Three Olympic teams. Hall of Fame.

And fifty adults in San Antonio who got a check from a man who made them a promise when they were ten.

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

@janiah_laura @AJemperrie @uftl_wbb @HoopsTrojan @PGH_Georgia @KyleSandy355 @PorterSports1 @Trojan_Sports Congratulations LJ!!

[BounceNation_Fbc @Bouncenation_J]

man y’all don’t know how proud i am of this kid. @taylorc_2025

[World Exposure Report Women’s Basketball @WorldExposureWB]

#ACCTOURNAMENT
Game 3: #14 Wake Forest 58, #11 Virginia 55

Elsie Williams had a game-high 25 points and 9 rebounds for Wake Forest.

@worldexposurewb is in the building
https://t.co/2IwE4yPpNl

[@HiramLadyHornets @HiramLadyHorne1]

@HiramLadyHorne1 with a big 50-40 win over Cass to punch our ticket to the state tournament for the fourth consecutive season.
Next up…Dalton in the semifinals of the Region 7-AAAAA tournament.
@taylorc_2025 18pts
@diya5k 15pts
@TnasiaNance1 7pts

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

@CoachCobb20 Congratulations Coach Noey!

[janice🦋. @janice_alce]

when I say I got you 4L , I mean it

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

@TweetsbyCoachP @_BlakeDerrick https://t.co/d5qVy3p3Zn

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

5'9 - SG/SF
Sophomore with 2 years eligibility
Mechanical Eng Major 3.5 GPA

JUCO Highlights: https://t.co/1s45vzyY1n
12.6 ppg on 47.9% 38.5% 3-PT 9.6 rpg 1.4 apg

@_BlakeDerrick

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

@TheOneKevClancy Thank you @TheOneKevClancy !!

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

HS Highlights:
11.3 ppg 11.0rpg 1.2 apg 2.6 spg
Rebounding Record Holder
https://t.co/XHIAp0mzRT
https://t.co/af1IoXbBNG
@_BlakeDerrick

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

5'9 - SG/SF
Sophomore with 2 years eligibility
Mechanical Eng Major 3.5 GPA

JUCO Highlights: https://t.co/1s45vzyY1n
12.6 ppg on 47.9% 38.5% 3-PT 9.6 rpg 1.4 apg

@_BlakeDerrick

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

Most people who have made a difference are often alone

[@HiramLadyHornets @HiramLadyHorne1]

The end to a season is always tough, but what a great ride it has been with this group of seniors! THANK YOU for helping make our program what it is today!!
2x Region Champions
1x Region Runner-Up
2x Elite 8
1x Sweet 16
@camrynsoneil @Kalisha1_ @Kkaii_14 @janayaEvans2

[@HiramLadyHornets @HiramLadyHorne1]

Lady Hornets find a way to pull out the win in overtime in the semifinals of the Region 7-AAAAA tournament!!
Hiram- 40
Dalton-39

@janayaEvans2 10pts.
@taylorc_2025 9 pts.
@diya5k 7 pts. (Game tying 3 pt. basket to send us into overtime)

[Sydney Jones @SydJon_23]

@janayaEvans2 @Coachlwilliams1 Congratulations Janaya!!

[@HiramLadyHornets @HiramLadyHorne1]

2022 Anniston Star Holiday Hoops Classic Champions!!
@Kalisha1_ 24 pts.
@janayaEvans2 19 pts.
@diya5k (Tournament MVP)

Good TEAM basketball all week. Great job Lady Hornets!!

[𝐒𝐢𝐦✞✞✞ @WhoTFissim]

When y'all both equally obsessed with each other, the honeymoon phase never dies out >>>>

[Michael Todd @iammiketodd]

You don't need the approval of others to do what God told YOU to do.