This Stanford Freshman Wants His Play to Represent India

Ryan Agarwal, a Cardinal shooting guard who was born in Texas, is hoping to increase Indian representation in the N.C.A.A. and beyond.

Ryan Agarwal, right, is one of very few players of Indian descent in Division I men’s basketball.Credit...USA TODAY Sports, via ReutersSTANFORD, Calif. — The arena in Frisco, Texas, is only a 30-minute drive from Ryan Agarwal’s hometown near Dallas. But for a middle-school-age Agarwal, stepping inside was like entering another world.

In 2015, Agarwal was a sixth grader obsessed with basketball. So that year, when the Dallas Mavericks made Satnam Singh the first Indian-born player selected in an N.B.A. draft, Agarwal knew he had to go see him compete. On a trip…