Stephanie Bowers, the United States chargé d’affaires, witnessed how the power of sports can inspire young people, while at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau, The Bahamas on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.

The renowned Georgetown University men’s basketball team, the Georgetown Hoyas, and their coach, Patrick Ewing, are all in Nassau until Saturday, August 17, for a week-long summer training camp, which includes a basketball clinic with dozens of Bahamian youths.

After watching the Hoyas players practice, Bowers joined famed coach and NBA star Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas in engaging and encouraging about 50 young Bahamians, both girls and boys. Chargé Bowers reminded the young players that practice and discipline are just as important in the classroom as they are on the basketball court, and that teamwork, discipline, and good sportsmanship will help them both on and off the court throughout their lives.

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