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Ciaran Sandy traveled more than 4,000 miles this summer to join the Miami Dade College men\u2019s basketball team.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, the London-born wing player has gotten accustomed to using his frequent flyer miles. Since 2016, he has played basketball at a high school in Maryland, a boarding school in Connecticut and a Division I college in Massachusetts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the 21-year-old brings his talent to the Shark Tank. His experience will be essential this season because he <\/span>joins a team that features eight true freshmen<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis leadership has been very key [to us],\u201d said Shark\u2019s point guard Jordan Brown. \u201cHe\u2019s a redshirt freshman coming from a Division I school so he has the experience and he helps us a lot with different points on and off the court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandy was born in England on Nov. 9, 1999. He played soccer, cricket, rugby and tennis, but basketball stole his heart when he was 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

His height and athleticism made him a good fit for the sport and he learned the basics by watching videos and doing ball-handling drills. Eventually, he joined the Kent Crusaders Basketball Club in Gillingham, England.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny because I was just thrown into the fire,\u201d Sandy said. \u201cThe first day we pretty much played and I was decent. I could run, dribble the ball, shoot it, and somehow block it. I just naturally picked it up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2015, he earned a spot on the Southeast England U-17 Regional Team. He was one of 12 players selected to compete against other teams in the country at the England Basketball Regional Tournament.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One year later, while on a vacation, he caught the eye of a scout who saw him playing at the <\/span>Brooklyn Bridge Park basketball courts<\/b><\/a><\/span> and offered him a scholarship to play at the Gilman School, an all-boys preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although it was a completely different lifestyle and culture\u2014one that was thousands of miles away from his family and friends\u2014Sandy adapted well to life in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was overwhelming at first because I had already set my mind that I was going back home,\u201d Sandy said. \u201cI was worried about my friends and family but overall, I was pretty happy because that\u2019s always been one of my goals. I wanted to come over here because this is where the best basketball is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandy played his junior and senior seasons at Gilman before attending Avon Old Farms School, a post-graduate boarding school in Connecticut, in 2018. There, he averaged 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. His performance earned him a scholarship to The College of The Holy Cross, a Division I school in Worcester, Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n

But things didn\u2019t go as planned. The school got a new head coach at the start of the 2019-20 season, and he found himself at the end of the bench. Sandy redshirted last season but continued to practice with the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was time to move on. He searched for scholarship opportunities at other schools but his options decreased when the pandemic hit and went back to London in March.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to transfer,\u201d he said. \u201cBut COVID-19 meant that I couldn’t go on my visits to the Division I schools that were trying to recruit me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While Sandy took online classes at The Holy Cross, former Sharks assistant coach Chris Vincent\u2014now a video coordinator at The University of Southern Mississippi\u2014sent him emails trying to recruit him to MDC. He eventually committed to the Sharks in July and is majoring in exercise science.<\/span><\/p>\n

Head Coach Kevin Ledoux expects the six-foot-seven-inch Sandy to provide depth and leadership to his revamped roster.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I really expect from him is to consistently be a leader on and off the court,\u201d Ledoux said. \u201cHe brings a lot of maturity to our team.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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