Ethan King hands a ball to a young child during a Charity Ball trip. Photo courtesy of Ethan King.
While most 10-year-olds are enjoying recess or practicing multiplication and division, Butler men’s soccer player Ethan King was founding his own organization — all because of a soccer ball.
King, a junior entrepreneurship and innovation major, was visiting Mozambique in Africa, with his father to help fix water wells in rural communities. He brought his soccer ball to play in the villages with other children.
“My dad and his team would be working and I would put my soccer ball down and start playing with a couple kids, and then two minutes later, there would be 50 kids just out of nowhere playing with me,” King said.