Walk Ons : Past and Present, Who Contributed the Most

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Best UConn basketball rapper: Shamon Tooles, Ed Nelson or Tyler Olander

 

[Kemba Time]

The correct answer is Ace Watanasuparp

If you don't know what he has been up to since being a folk hero walk-on for the Caron/Oak/BG years, Ace is the man and has made some major contributions since his playing days: UConn’s Own “Folk Hero” on Basketball and Green Tea Lava Cake | UConn Foundation

 

[Get a Job]

Best UConn basketball rapper: Shamon Tooles, Ed Nelson or Tyler Olander

I guess you're just being funny, but for those who haven't heard their music, the correct answer is Toolzie. He's better than a lot of professional rappers.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I guess you're just being funny, but for those who haven't heard their music, the correct answer is Toolzie. He's better than a lot of professional rappers.

I don’t mean to be rude but I vote Ed Nelson.

 

[Get a Job]

I don’t mean to be rude but I vote Ed Nelson.

I lived in Hilltop Suites the year he did a workout for NFL teams on the field behind the rec center. Someone with really good speakers blasted "Pickup Truck" out the window to provide his workout with some background music.

 

[Huskybass]

John Shea also played baseball and basketball in the mid-80s, but I can't remember if he was a walk-on for the basketball team. I recall that he got more than scrap minutes on a couple of occasions, but I don't recall the circumstances. I know he went on to play baseball in the minors.

John Shea would score something like 17 points in the preseason blue white scrimmage and then do virtually nothing after that. I actually knew him, he was a roommate of my friend Tony in one of the alumni dorms.

 

[UCTitleTown]

E.J. Harrison. Played a key role as a ball handler. A member of our first national title team in 1999.

 

[Biteymax22]

E.J. Harrison. Played a key role as a ball handler. A member of our first national title team in 1999.

Harrison was neighbor's with my Aunt when he (and me) was growing up. Since I had a cousin my age I slept over that house a lot when I was a kid. EJ was in high school (I was in elementary school) at the time and I can vouch via hearing it that he would be up practicing to 2 or 3 in the morning every weekend morning. The kid worked his butt off and was always outside with a basketball in his hands working on his skills.