The plane from Africa touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens 21 months ago and Savior Akuwovo, a 6-foot-9 Nigerian, hopped in a waiting car and soon headed for the Poconos.
A few hours later, when Akuwovo arrived at St. Anthony High's summer basketball camp, his new teammates were curious why he carried two backpacks stuffed with clothes and nothing else. The Nigerian, after all, wasn't just there for camp. He was moving to the United States to enroll and play at the Jersey City powerhouse.
"I'm on a business trip to get a scholarship to college, and when a businessman travels he doesn't carry a lot of luggage," Akuwovo said, according to Eric Harrield, one of St.