Leighton Schrand's family knew months before he did that the Xavier University men's basketball walk-on would be getting a full scholarship this year.
Schrand, a 2016 Holy Cross High School grad, only found out two weeks ago when head coach Travis Steele nonchalantly informed him.
"We were just getting our lunch in the weight room and coach Steele was just running on the treadmill and he called me over and he told me, 'You're gonna be on full scholarship this year,' " Schrand said. "Then he asked me if my dad had told me. Apparently, he had told my dad back in April and I guess my whole family kept it from me for that long which I'm surprised nobody slipped up.