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Like our junior footballers, a new young wave of basketballers is leading the charge, as a pathway to America now becomes clearer.
There’s over 100 young Kiwi men and women on lucrative scholarships with top US universities, and a lot more to follow, as booming basketball numbers and college educations combine.
One of those is six-foot-10 former Westlake Boys’ High School student Yanni Wetzell, from Auckland’s North Shore.
He has one year left in the American college system, studying for a master’s in business and playing ball for San Diego State University.
Click here for Andrew Saville’s report…