Drake player surprised with scholarship

[Da Coach]

Here's a nice story...
Garrett Stutz joined the Drake basketball team in 2018 as a walk-on. In his 3 seasons as a walk-on, Drake has won 24, 20, and 26 games, and Sturtz has been an important piece of Drake's success. He played in all 65 of Drake's game the last 2 seasons, and started 16 of them. And his stats have improved each season, despite not being one of Drake's main scoring options.
https://godrakebulldogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8200&path=mbball#career_stats

Today at a team meeting, his coach Darian DeVries surprised him by awarding him a scholarship-
https://twitter.com/DrakeBulldogsMB/status/1405639310200782850 (note: Garrett Sturtz is the Drake player visible in this video- may need to turn volume up)

 

[houstonbrave]

Extremely well deserved. Good for him and good for Drake for doing it.

 

[Cousins Cuts podcast]

Wow. I didn't realize he was a walk-on. Really helped them later in the season after the injuries. Well deserved

 

[braves16]

Good for him. My understanding is that he hasn't paid any tuition at Drake. His mother is employed at Central College in Pella , Iowa. Their is some type of agreement between the private schools in Iowa that lets family members go to school tuition free if a family member works for one of the schools.

 

[bradleyfan124]

Good for him. My understanding is that he hasn't paid any tuition at Drake. His mother is employed at Central College in Pella , Iowa. Their is some type of agreement between the private schools in Iowa that lets family members go to school tuition free if a family member works for one of the schools.

I believe that is true here in Ilinois also