May 8, 2018
Mahershal Simonet; his grandmother, Anna Simonet, at a young age; and his grandfather, Ervin Simonet, now 94, whom Mahershal speaks to almost daily.
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You could have been abandoned as a young child, left to fend for yourself in one of the toughest ghettos in America with crime statistics stacked against you, and you could still rise above them to become an international professional basketball player, making money playing a game you love. That’s the testimony of Mahershal Simonet, a passionate and driven man who is making a difference on and off the basketball court. He is a skilful point guard and shooting guard who has played in some 15 countries around the world; now he is in The Bahamas discovering his roots and sowing positive seeds into the lives of children here.
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