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WATERLOO Glam-Wednesday. October 15, 2014 ‘33 , . O Forced out of basketball, Ranton gs on the fairways and earns scholarship i BY million play tournament. in his career, that was all schools needed Now, Ramon can consider himself . mmalmmdf Back home he was second at the Golf to see. He had the offer from Indiana, but among the elite at Whistle Bear, which 3 Canada Future Links tournament and also West Virginia, James Madison Uni» boasts national team member Garrett ; revor Ramon appreciates the irony. A former third at theOntario Spring Classic. versity in Virginia, Wofford College in Rank and former national team member 5. 'basketball player crushed at having to give up He finished ranked second amongst South Carolina, Oakland University in Victor Ciesielskj, as well as NCAA locals the sport he loved due to suffering from the same junior men's golfers in Ontario and third Michigan and Eastern Michigan. Matt Chiasson and (Dalton Clemmer. _; heart COHdition that t00It the life of [flyola Marymount in the Golf Canada boys' rankings, He narrowed it down to lndiana and “l have a bunch of friends that l golf college basketball player Hank Gathers, the l7â€"year- “For the full summer. I was still think~ West Virginia before going with the for- with out at Whistle Bearthat have already i Old golfer is now heading to a school that bears the ing that i want to impress all the schools mer. gone OH to school. so I'm excited to be i name of the criticallyacclaimed roundball movie l’m talking to I hadn‘t really narrowed it “Their practice facilities and the involvedwiththat' hesaid. Hoosiers down too much until all my toumaments school itself are just top of the line." "it still feels a little bit surreal." Earlier this month. the WatErloo native and Whistle were over. So whenever l w playing that And yes, they are the Hoosiers after all. Heading into his final year of high Bear Golf PErformance Centre junior golf team mem- was the second thing on my mind. I tried "it‘s going to be exciting going there, school. Ramon said his focus on golf is ber accepted a golf scholarship at lndiana University. to get it off my mind obviously, but l'm because i love the basketball atmosphere almost gone and he can concentrate on The tub is that Ramon figured. as a youngster. that he always thinking that l have to play well to and the football atmosphere as well," he school. l would eventuallyeam a scholarship in basketball. impress different schools,” Ramon said. “it's definitely good to have that deci- ; Born with hypenrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ~ said. “They obviously have good programs sion made and not have to worry about it ' where the muscle of the heart thickens and causes difâ€" Playing the “most consistent” he had with both those sports" last minute.” ficulty in the flow of blood â€" Ramon had open-heart . ‘ .. .,‘ 4t , at. . ‘ _. ,7, _ W ‘ , surgery at seven months old to correct the problem. - ' f ' {Effie 7.1‘5'5M;w» ' ‘ 5, ‘ ”9 ' i if But when his parents attended a conference about -' " ., 'E‘QN i liMC when Ramon was in Grade 4, they were told ' ’ experts believed that high intensity sports were still -‘ extremely risky. ‘ câ€" o . : Basketball was out. "lhat's when he turned to low impact sports, includâ€" “' ing golf. Ramon admits that he‘s a little surprised that ' he's still achieving his goal of playing in the NCAA in a sport he wasn't focused on from the beginning, ; “l'd always been really competitive as a basketball _ g * . player and I knew at a young age that i knew that i wanted to go to the States, When i turned over to golf , « and started to get relatively competitive pretty quick. 1 . knew this is what I wanted and ifl worked hard ‘ enough l'd be able to achieve it." he said. taking a break from class at Waterloo Collegiate. ~ 'l'm surprised how far I have come, having 2‘ .' f ‘3 -' r" swrtcht-d to golf in Grade 4 or 5, l‘ve been working :35, ,5 {aka} . towards this since I did switch over to golf, so it's what i g‘ ' . 6 ' . h ._ â€"‘ NADA S #1 it» want . . 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