{"id":17642,"date":"2020-01-10T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T18:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=17642"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:01:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:01:58","slug":"forward-hart-who-once-lived-in-brazil-finds-home-at-mdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/forward-hart-who-once-lived-in-brazil-finds-home-at-mdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward Who Once Lived In Brazil Finds Home At MDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Victor Hart\u2019s life has been a journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has lived in Brazil, attended high school in Miami-Dade and Broward counties and once enrolled at Livingstone College, a Division II school located in North Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the 6-foot-7-inch forward has found a home at Miami Dade College. The red-shirt freshman is making a big impact on the court for the Sharks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hart is averaging 18.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while shooting a team-leading 50.9% from the field including 43.3% from the three-point line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVick has helped the team tremendously this year because most bigs in the conference [don\u2019t] have the ability to do what he does,\u201d said Sharks shooting guard Richard Charles. &#8220;At times we&#8217;ll just give him the ball and let him do his thing, he\u2019s put the team on his back a lot this year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although born in Miami, Hart\u2019s life took a drastic turn when his family moved to Brazil when he was five. His family returned to the United States at age 10, so he feels a special connection with the people and family he left behind in South America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He started playing soccer at a young age but his dad encouraged him to try basketball. At first, he wasn\u2019t good at it, but ended up liking it and made the switch in seventh grade.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy dad never really took soccer away from me, he just wanted me to try,\u201d Hart said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t very good at it, but I liked the sport. My dad influenced me to play.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hart started playing basketball at Olsen Middle School in Dania Beach when he was 11 and watched NBA players on TV, idolizing stars like Paul George and Kevin Durant. However, he didn\u2019t take basketball seriously until high school.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He played his freshman season at South Broward High School in Hollywood, Florida and his sophomore and junior campaigns at Nova High School in Davie before transferring to North Miami Senior High School for his senior season.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hart averaged 13.7 points and 9.1 rebounds per game for the Pioneers. He was selected as the team\u2019s most valuable player and he was named 1st team All-Dade and 3rd team All-State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He enrolled at Livingstone College in North Carolina, but he never played for the Blue Bears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hart, who is majoring in sports management, quickly integrated into the Shark\u2019s up-tempo offense that averages 94 points a game.\u00a0 As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/mbkb\/index\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the Sharks<\/span><\/a> are off to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/sharks-off-to-strong-start-with-high-octane-offense\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">one of the school\u2019s best starts in recent years<\/span><\/a> with a 13-5 record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis season is going great,\u201d Hart said. \u201cWe can accomplish something.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shark\u2019s next game is on the road versus Indian River State College on Jan. 18 at\u00a0 4 p.m.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Hart\u2019s life has been a journey. 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