He drained a 3-pointer in a game against Winthrop in 2021. Stansbury has certainly had memorable on-and-off-court moments at State. And since getting, I've just put all my time and effort into on and off the court things, including all the extracurricular things, the academics and the community service." "I was provided the opportunity to walk on here because of my grades and the hard work I put in to be able to do this. "I knew coming out of high school I wasn't going to be a highly-recruited guy for basketball," Stansbury said. He'd picked up competitive hoops as a middle schooler, worked to get as good as he could on the court, then was given an opportunity to walk on with the Bulldogs thanks in large part to how he'd exceled in the classroom. Stansbury came to MSU prior to the 2019 season out of Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Obviously, group work is something Stansbury has been all too familiar with due to his basketball career. There have been projects and group work aplenty. Stansbury has had to master a math-and-science-heavy curriculum. They expect that the amount of time we're in class is the amount of time you spend on homework every day too." "So, you've got to go to class every day. "All my classes are in person," Stansbury explained. He's always prioritized his classwork, as evidenced by the fact he's a multi-time member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. It's just been good to be able to get a good degree that took a whole lot of hard work and dedication to do and to do it while playing basketball makes it all mean more."įor Stansbury to get to this point, it's taken jam-packed days full of working out the brain and the body. You've got to work hard and be dedicated. "You've got to stay disciplined with everything going on," Stansbury said of how he was able to manage playing hoops while earning a challenging degree. Couple that with his time spent as a walk-on basketball player for the Bulldogs and he's a shining example for what a student-athlete should be. This weekend, Stansbury will graduate with his degree in petroleum engineering. But now, some 15 or so years since Stansbury was going head-to-head with State legends, he knows all about giving it his all and achieving great things. Whether it's on a screen with a controller in your hand, or life in general, true success doesn't come easily after all. "If they actually tried though, I wouldn't beat them." "They went easy on me sometimes and I'd win," Stansbury said. Names like Charles Rhodes, Dee Bost and Ravern Johnson were among Isaac's video game competition. "I'd even play Xbox against some of the former players." "I can recall going to games eating popcorn in the media room," Isaac said. His father, Rick, was of course the head men's basketball coach of MSU at the time and a very young Isaac could often be found all throughout the Humphrey Coliseum. STARKVILLE – It was the mid-2000s when Isaac Stansbury's memories of Mississippi State started accumulating.
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