Grant Newsome, now a Power Five tight ends coach, leaned on his parents to find new purpose after losing his NFL dream, and nearly his leg in 2016.
Nearly five years after Newsome wrote those words, though, he does have that ending, even as it continues to be written. His is a story of personal triumph, and helping others find strength through misfortune — particularly his parents, who reared three boys with heavy doses of academics and athletics, but also careful nurturing.
His fifth-grade teacher saw Leon needed to be challenged more and connected him to Bill Greene, an administrator at The Gilman School. Greene was responsible for bringing many African American students to Gilman, an all-boys independent school, in the 1970s and 1980s. Leon was an all-Ivy League honorable mention at defensive end as a junior and missed a slew of his games as a senior due to injuries. But, he had his degree from Princeton, where he met Kim.
Kim laughed when recalling how her kids used to hate it when she responded to their complaints about school with: “Well, sorry, this is your job. School is your job. I go to work; I do a good job. We expect you to go to work and do a good job, and if you need support, then we’ll get you the support to do your best.”
Grant started playing baseball around 5 years old. By fifth grade, he played on the Loudon South Eagles with a number of guys who wound up playing Division 1 baseball, including J.J. Bukauskas, who pitched for North Carolina and was picked in the first round of the 2017 MLB draft. Leon’s next question hung over him:"What do you want to do?" It was one that would forcefully revisit him later in his life.
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