The VMI Alumni Association

Earlier this year, T.J. Johnson ’28, standout 6’7” forward on the Keydet basketball team, was pondering offers from other schools. He’d entered the transfer portal, as many young athletes do these days, and he could see a bright future ahead, one smoothed by large sums of money, at an SEC or ACC school.

In the end, though, Johnson called Andrew Wilson, VMI basketball head coach, with the welcome news that he’d decided to stay at VMI.

“... I trusted the people that were here, and I knew what I had here, and a lot of the things that I have [at VMI] are exactly what I was praying for 2 years ago when I transferred in.”

Hear more of his story in the next Corps Connection email from the VMI Alumni Agencies, coming soon.