Remember the first day of school? The tension and excitement of starting a new year. Now imagine having not gone to school for five years and picking it up again.
That is the case for Aaron Craft. The former Buckeye point guard announced last fall that this past season would be his last in professional basketball so he could focus on his other dream of becoming a doctor. That journey began this week as Craft started medical school at Ohio State.
"The new chapter has begun! Excited, a little nervous, and extremely grateful to start a journey I’ve thought about for so long. I’ve always liked our home white jerseys," Craft tweeted along with a picture of himself in his lab along with his wife and son.
The new chapter has begun! Excited, a little nervous, and extremely grateful to start a journey I’ve thought about for so long. I’ve always liked our home white jerseys! #OSUCOM pic.twitter.com/164ktGvHNq
— Aaron Craft (@ACraft4) August 4, 2020
On the court, Craft had a very successful career. After committing to Thad Matta and the Buckeyes as a four-star prospect from Findlay, Ohio in 2010, Craft had a four-year college career with the Scarlet and Gray that saw the team win two Big Ten regular season and two tournament championships and reach the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Craft was the Big Ten's Sixth Man of the Year as a freshman, twice named the conference's Defensive Player of the Year and was on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team every season.
Craft, along with classmate Lenzelle Smith Jr., became the fastest players in Ohio State men's basketball history to reach 100 career wins, doing it in just 119 games. The point guard was recently named to the Big Ten's All-Decade third team.
As a professional, Craft played in the NBA G-League, winning the championship in 2015, and had a successful career overseas in Montenegro, France, Italy and Hungary.
Craft's final professional season playing for Aquila Basket Trento in Italy ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Craft was able to play one last professional basketball game in The Basketball Tournament this summer as he and Carmen's Crew, and Ohio State alumni team, failed to defend their TBT title.
“I don’t know, man," Craft said after Carmen's Crew's loss last month on whether he might play in the TBT again next summer. "There is a lot going through my mind and a lot of emotions. I don’t how chubby I will be next summer anyway. They may not want me back if I’m out of shape and worse than this year. I have no idea. I can’t say yes and I definitely can’t say no."
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With basketball out of the picture, at least for now, Craft can turn his focus to medical school and becoming a doctor, something he discussed even during his playing career at Ohio State.
Most people don't get more than one lucrative career and even many professional athletes struggle to find what's next after their playing days are over. Craft retired on his terms after a successful career and is now back in Ohio working on his next positive journey.
And he and his family look pretty happy about it.
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