Some people just look like athletes. Mario West is one of them. His 6’5” frame is more towering in person than any photograph could depict, and his handshake is of the enveloping sort.
Indeed, West is an athlete. A former member of the men’s basketball team, West took his craft to the professional level after leaving Tech. After stints in the NBA and abroad, he is back on his home campus as the program’s director of player personnel.
Yet the path has not always been so clear-cut for West. A slam dunk artist with the ball in his hands, West was nonetheless a relative afterthought in the Tech offense, playing less than 20 minutes per game and scoring less than five points per contest his senior year, courtesy of sports-reference.