FAYETTEVILLE — Connor Vanover stands out in the crowd because, well, he stands tall.
Vanover, a 7-3 forward from Little Rock, has always been a head above everyone else.
"I was always on the tall side," he said. "But I wasn’t extremely tall until seventh grade."
Vanover was about 6-4 in the sixth grade when he started working with former Arkansas Baptist and Benton Harmony Grove basketball coach Jeff Hogue.
"First of all, wow, a 6-4 sixth grader," Hogue said. "He had a soft feathery touch. You could just tell that he had a gift that you needed to hone.