GMUs Hashim Khan - a 2011 College Player of the Year !
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Contributed by : Lloyd Jodah
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by Lloyd Jodah
2011 was a great year for Hashim Raza Khan - President Obama made him an American citizen for winning the national title at the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship ! (just kidding !).
Hashim's George Mason Patriots did win the Chanderpaul Trophy for the national title, then later in the year he did become an American citizen - now he's a 2011 American College Cricket Player of the Year !
The first time Hashim Khan and I spoke, was in early 2009, when I was trying to create teams for the first American College Cricket Spring Break Championship - I had announced a national Championship in Dec 2008, but there were no real college teams to play !
We didn't get a GMU team for March 2009, but Hashim came to New York to play on a College All Star team that summer. Then together we worked on making a team for the 2010 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.
In the 2010 Spring Break nationals the George Mason Patriots missed making the final four by only 1 Bonus point, but Hashim never complained about losing the opportunity so narrowly.
Then later, in the first 2010 Mid Atlantic regional a strong North Carolina State Wolfpack team devoured the GMU Patriots in the Finals, but the disappointment again only fueled Hashim's determination to win the Chanderpaul Trophy in Florida !
Hashim put together sponsorship for both Spring Break trips by the Mason team, and at school pressed for a cricket field to be included in the university's planned new sports complex.
Then at the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship, Hashim led the Patriots to take a national title home to George Mason University.Two Washington Post's columnists wrote about the accomplishment !
Mason players like Shabir Adrali also took part in a presentation to school kids attending the Championship.
So far we have not mentioned Hashim's actual on field play! He is a top all rounder who opens the bowling and batting. In March he took 9 wickets and bowled well, but only batted once, in the Finals, scoring 24. Unselfish captain that he is, he bats low in the order to give his other talented batsmen opportunities.
He said, "Winning the national Championship was a dream come through, and I'm happy I'm the first Captain to start this tradition at George Mason. I thought my team was the best of the best in college cricket, and did exceptionally well to make their University proud."
Through Hashim Khan's efforts,working with me,George Mason went, in just over 2 years, from having no cricket team to a national Championship and national, even International, recognition ! Next, a cricket field as part of the sports complex !
Hashim will graduate in 2012 or spring 2013 with a major in Finance. He currently also works as a Budget controller for an IT firm.
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