Q: What do you remember about Zormelo?

A: Zormelo used to come to my basketball camp when he was younger so I knew him before he got to Annandale. He decided to go to private school for two years and he went to O’Connell I believe and he figured out his sophomore year he probably would play more at Annandale than he would there since they would recruit people there all the time. So he came back to Annandale his junior year and played for me his junior and senior year. He’s a very good shooter and a decent ball handler. He had some injuries off and on. He went to Georgetown and was a manager at Georgetown, he was a good kid and loved the game.

Q: What kind of player was he?

A: He was a good player and he came in his junior year and some people have already been here for a while, so he was finding his role. He was a good player and he shot the ball well.

Q: What qualities about him do you remember?

A: He wanted to do well and he loved the game. He put time in trying to get better. He knew a lot about college basketball players and NBA players. He was really into that kind of stuff.

Q: Did you see this type of potential in him?

A: At that time I didn’t think of him as doing what he is doing now but I guess when he was managing at Georgetown he got into the video aspect of it and that kind of helped him help some of the players and I’m sure he figured he kind of could make a living out of this. I’m not surprised he got into that but at the time, I thought he could’ve coached and I could’ve seen it that way. I know once he got to Georgetown, he kind of found his niche and it’s pretty cool how he’s helping out pretty famous athletes.

Q: What do you think of him now that he’s gone out to do big things?

A: I haven’t talked to him in a long time but I have seen him at Georgetown, he came back and saw me a couple times but we’ve emailed back to each other a while back when he was going on this but I haven’t talked to him in a while. I’m sure he’s doing a good job, obviously he’s pretty well respected because he’s working out with a lot of famous players and he’s taken something and really doing something unique that other trainers may not be doing.

Q: Are you proud of what he’s been able to accomplish?

A: Absolutely, he’s a very intelligent young man and smart kid. I knew he would do well.