Five minutes with Maryland's 5'9, slam-dunking, neurobiologist point guard.
There isn't another player in college basketball like Varun Ram. These are some things Ram is:
- A Maryland graduate with degrees in neurobiology and physiology
- A current master's candidate in supply chain management
- 5 feet 9 inches tall
- Able to windmill-dunk a basketball
- An every-semester dean's list member since enrolling at Maryland in 2012
- A two-summer volunteer at India's Hoops Creating Hope charity, which helps students "create and develop the link between character, teamwork and communication with academic success and future goals"
- A point guard and former walk-on to Maryland's men's basketball team, though that might be the least interesting item on this list
Since Ram clearly doesn't have much else going on, he joined Testudo Times for an interview at the Maryland basketball program's media day on Tuesday.