CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — No one asks the high school valedictorian why she chose to go to Harvard. Or the concert cellist, or the science wiz.
But when suburban Atlanta high school basketball star Chris Lewis picked the Ivy League school over offers from more traditional Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference powers, he felt like he had to justify his decision.
"People who know a little less about my personality and what I consider important, I found myself explaining to them a lot," said Lewis, a 6-foot-8 power forward who is No. 58 on ESPN's ranking of high school prospects.