Editing.- The Dominican Luis Felipe López He is now officially a member of the exclusive Bronx County Basketball Immortality club, in a city New YorkIn the United States.
López, one of the recent new tenants elevated in the ceremonial quarter of the Bronx Basketball Hall of Fame, for his stellar career as a player at Rice High School and St. John’s University (1994-98).
The formal ceremony was held at 737 Villa Barone Manor, The Bronx, in which another Latino, former point guard of the Puerto Rico national team, Ángelo Cruz, was also introduced.
Other players inducted included Malik Sealy, Ed Pinckney, William Modeste, Chris Gallagher, Frank Mcclaughlin, Richard Skinny Reed, Jim Couch, Lou D’Almedia, Ron Behagen, Satch Sanders, Mary Hayes Haas, Shannnon Denise Bobbiti and Lawand Green.
The native of Ensanche Libertad in Santiago is the current president of the Santiago club Gregorio Urbano Gilbert (GUG), who left his athletic mark at all levels of study and was considered in his time as the high school player best in the United States, which he left. he earned the cover of Sports Illustrated early in his college career.
López was accompanied by his mother Carmen María López Alix and his brother Anthony, as well as a delegation from the Consulate General in New York City led by the consul Jesus Vasquez Martinez (Chú) and the Immortals of Dominican Sports -López is also a part-, Eduardo Gómez and José -Grillo- Vargas, from the Sports department.
Consul Chú Vásquez, before the act of elevation, presented the tricolor canvas, the national flag to Luis Felipe, which embodies the spirit, heart and glorious history of the Dominican people, in recognition of his successful sports career and community work. for the benefit of the Dominican diaspora in New York City.
In his acceptance speech, López said “I want to thank God for being in charge of my life and all its challenges, my parents, my brothers and children, and my friends from The Bronx and Washington Heights. I congratulate those who have been promoted tonight with me.”
Words of thanks were given to Consul Chú Vásquez and former national basketball team players Gómez and Grillo Vargas, NBA player Nate Archibald and my family from Rice High School and St. John’s University.
“Basketball has been very nice to me and as important as my family, my teachers and mentors for their lives and sports lessons,” said López, who played in the NBA.
López was drafted in the first round, 24th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 1998 NBA draft and immediately moved to the Vancouver Grizzlies. He then played for the Washington Wizards and Minnesota Timberwolves, in a career that lasted until 2002.
López’s achievements include being selected as the Most Valuable Player of the McDonald’s All American (an all-star game for high school players from all over the country) and in college he was part of the All-Star Quintet in Co. -Big East speech in 1997 and 1998.
He was also a member of the Dominican Republic team, which he helped to win its first medal (silver) in Central America and the Caribbean, 18 years after the gold medal in Centrobasket ’77, in Panama.
That silver medal for Quisqueya was in the Centrobasket ’95 in Santo Domingo, in which López was the second main winner and several months later in the 1995 pre-Olympic tournament, in Argentina, qualifying for the Games Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
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