Beginning at age four, Day ‘Ron Sharpe begin playing baseball and football. Day ‘Ron played with older age groups, due to his phenomenal size and height. He proceeded to play for two local football teams named the Eagles and Greenville Pals. Gaining experience, he obtained the fundamentals of football and excelled in strengthening and conditioning. During his two years playing football the team won youth league championships and other astonishing achievements. Day’Ron was introduced to the game of basketball at age eight. He decided it would be a great idea to join the South Greenville Recreation Team, coached by Troy Smith, Donte Short and Terrance Smith. The following year, Day ‘Ron was influenced by many family members and close friends to join a first year, local AAU team, named Global Hoops. He was then coached by Greg Mullins, who encouraged him to extend his athletic performance as a center. Continuing to grow as a center and develop new skills despite playing with an older age group, he was still able to maintain personal awards and help his team win a numerous amount of championships.            The urge to prosper became a necessity for Day’ron as his companionship for basketball became stronger. Stimulated by the motivation of his older sister, Dy’Sheonia, along his side they begin to increase the time in the gym, while training with Keith McLawhorn.  During this time Sharpe had enrolled into Farmville Middle School, he was an honor student for each of the three years he attended. Sharpe played football and basketball for the remaining two years of middle school. Thanks to Coach Ashorn for directing the basketball team and Coach Warren for directing the football team he was able to be a part of a victory for being undefeated, winning MVP and Outside Linebacker All Conference. He was also a part of the soccer team, coached by Coach Devitta, which gave him the opportunity to receive Tri-Sport Athlete Award.             The summer of 2016, Sharpe had transferred to the Warriors Life Elite AAU team, that was owned by Trabian Barnes and coached by Johnathan Bradley. Celebrating an outstanding season and significant wins, the Warriors were aired on WITN for winning USBA National Championship. From striving all summer, Sharpe was prepared for his upcoming high school year at South Central High School. He enrolled in all honor classes and tried out for the boys’ varsity basketball team. Freshman and sophomore year the team was undefeated but loss both times at Regionals. Within those two years, he continued to play on the Adidas circuit team, managed by Dewayne West and coached by David West for the AAU team Garner Road. Coach David West pushed hard to get Day ‘Ron out of his comfort zone and help him develop other positional skills; from there expanded his ball handling, long-range shooting and defensive skills. He evolved to one of the top centers in the country, where he is now the second-best center in the country. Finishing his tenth-grade year, Day’Ron had received offers from several D1 schools, including UNC Chapel Hill, where he eventually decided to commit. Even though, Sharpe was working very hard on the court he still accelerated in the classroom. Remaining at the top of his class, he joined National Honor Society and Math/Science Honor Society. Moving into junior year, the Falcons won their first State Championship in the school history and was the MVP of the North Carolina 4A state tournament in 2019. They were named the first public high school to be ranked 5th in the nation on USA Today. Day’Ron was named Pepsi Player of the week for WITN, he received the Charley Adams State Championship Award, All-Tournament Team Award for John Wall, he tied the record for 8th place of most rebounds in a game, he was able to attend Pangos in Southern California, as well as to the NBPA two years in a row in Charlottesville Virginia and several other outstanding camps.             Day’ron entered his senior year with a difficult decision of being an elite athlete. One of the hardest decisions he had to make was moving to Florida away from what he is familiar with and the people he loved. He loved playing for Coach Cherry and alongside his teammates. Sharpe knew that he would have to make a sacrifice and consider a new platform, being he wasn’t able to play on a national stage. So therefore, Day’Ron decided to attend Montverde Academy in Florida, where he has accomplished so much and gained some great friendships. Since Sharpe switched schools, he was named a McDonald All American for 2020 and granted the dream of being on Team USA. Impressively, he still maintains his grades with “Suma Cuma Laude”. With providing outstanding coaching and leadership, Kevin Boyle and Rae Miller help Monteverde of 2019 hold the status of being the greatest high school team ever and recognition for being named the greatest team for academics in history. Throughout Day’Ron's journey he became a nominee for the Jordan brand & several other top accolades. I know this seems to be a lot, but his story is a long way from being written. Day’Ron has a great support system including his parents, Derrick and Michelle, his sisters Demerica and Dy’Sheonia and one brother, Develle. Thankful for his parents, they have always positioned him to be a good student first and then a great athlete. Sharpe and his family are members of New Beginning Christian Center, where he ushered and praised dance with his sisters. Not only including his immediate family members, church members, coaches, teachers, friends and fans are all truly appreciated. They also have molded him to be a respectful young man and to give his all when doing something.  He has always been a joyful, humorous, loving person and a great role model for many. According to Sharpe and his family, this has been a long road, but it is only the beginning.  Day’Ron Sharpe entered his freshman year as a Tarheel to play for Roy Williams at UNC Chapel the summer of 2020. He become the fourth NC player to record a double-double in his debut game. He averaged 9.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game as a freshman. Some of his career highlights are McDonald’s All-American (2020) and ACC All-Freshman Team (2021). His 7.0 offensive rebounds personal minutes were the most in a season on record by any Tar Heel. He led UNC with six defensive player of the game award  After his freshmen year of college, he pursued his career by entering the NBA draft Round 1; 29th pick in 2021. He is currently with Brooklyn Nets.                                                                                                                                    Author-Dy