Palm Springs basketball standout shows an alternative path to getting a scholarship

When Elijah Goad graduated from Palm Springs High School in 2021, he wasn't getting the college basketball offers he was hoping for. The COVID-19 p...

August 17, 2022
6:22 AM

When Elijah Goad graduated from Palm Springs High School in 2021, he wasn't getting the college basketball offers he was hoping for. The COVID-19 pandemic didn't help the cause as colleges had fewer scholarships to hand out and fewer opportunities to lay eyes on an athletic two-way guard like Goad. Instead of accepting the situation and playing at a small school, Goad bet on himself. He took, in essence an athletic gap year. He worked on his game and played on an AAU travel ball team that went all over the U.

Shad Powers