Chris Hearn, Jr. has been accepted into the Newport News Apprenticeship program. He would like to thank the following people who have helped prepare him and who have supported him to be able to further his dream to play the game of basketball at the next level.

Thank you to Clint Wright, Councilman Charles Brown, Chez, Leroy Skinner, Frankie Chatman, Chavez Mabry, E’s Style Shop, Ricky Scott, Chris Joyner, Rufus Blow, Chuck Mitchel of Carolina Breakers, coach Dildy, B. J. Willie, Jean Pry, Alverta Davis, Letitia Milteer, Fred Morning, Ricky Joe (R.I.P.) and the entire King’s Fork family. Thank you to my mother Shaundra Peebles and everyone who has ever made a donation to me or a team that I was a member of. Last, but not least, to my father, Chris Hearn, Sr., thanks.