Patrick Mitchell on going from DI hoops to Australian Rules Football...(2nd US B-Baller Down Under)

[Tikki]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/10/patrick-mitchell-tells-how-he-went-from-di-hoops-to-australian-rules-football/

...The NCAA loves to tell you how most scholar-athletes “go pro in something else”.

For former North Dakota forward Patrick Mitchell, that meant that he went to work for a casino in his native Iowa after a short stint playing basketball in Portugal. His professional sports aspirations seemed to be in the rear-view mirror, until he received an unexpected phone call from a representative of the Australian Football League.

“He invited me to a USA AFL combine in L.A.,” Mitchell told NBCSports by phone. ”There were about 50 guys. From there, three people got invited to Sydney, and I was one of the three. I ended up being signed by the Sydney Swans.”....

Personally, I am loving this...two of my very favorite sports..basketball and footy...merging in a way that brings a bit of it home to the U.S. for me...

First was Eric Wallace who has finished his first Season in the VFL...
Tikki