It’s fair to say that Blue Valley Northwest senior and KU Jayhawks recruit Christian Braun was born to play basketball.
His mother, Lisa, played professionally after a standout career at Missouri. An aunt and an uncle, Lori and Mike Sandbothe, also played at Mizzou. Braun’s father, Don, played first at Saint Louis University before transferring to Kansas.
The only problem for Braun: Those good genes took their sweet time adding height to his frame in high school.
“As a freshman he was 5-8,” Northwest coach Ed Fritz said with a smile. “Now he’s grown to 6-7.