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Black History Month Honoree: Ousmane Power-Greene

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Ousmane Power-Greene came to North Carolina from one of the most storied programs in lacrosse, Yorktown (N.Y.) High School. That program has produced 39 section championships, seven state championships and countless collegiate athletes. "We sent a lot of guys to Syracuse, Hopkins, Maryland . . . the top lacrosse programs, regularly, but no one had gone to Carolina except for one guy in the 80s, and then after me, a whole bunch," said Power-Greene.

But his path to Carolina wasn't direct. A three-sport athlete in high school, Power-Greene wasn't sure whether he wanted to pursue football, basketball or lacrosse.