Jun 19 2024 71 mins
To close out my final guest of the Tremendous Twenty-Four before my EPIC POLL dropping on 6/22 in honor of four years of the DJ Sports Show is SUNY New Paltz Hawks Men's Basketball Star Rylan Blondo! Rylan and I first met during my senior year at New Paltz when I was the sports announcer for the basketball games for both the women's and men's games. It was a privilege to watch a dynamic guard and leader such as Rylan who can score exceptionally well on all three levels on the basketball court. He's an exceptional player but an even better leader in how he galvanizes his teammates and plays on both ends. He's one of the hardest working people I've met and one of my favorite guests I've interviewed in this elite first 24 group. 0:00- Sponsor 0:46- Intro 2:07- Welcoming 2024 Male Scholar Basketball Player Of The Year Rylan Blondo 3:28- Growing up in Queens/Glendale 5:23- Introduction To Basketball 7:06- Role Models 8:04- Queens Hoops Legends, How Queens Helped Toughen Rylan 9:57- How Other Sports Helped For Basketball 11:38- Lynbrook Middle School 12:35- AAU With Game 7 & Queens Marksmen 14:30- Playing Varsity As A Freshman At Lynbrook 17:20- Sophomore Year At Lynbrook 21:04- Taking Leadership Role Junior Year, Breaking Knee Cap 23:50- Historic Senior Season, Winning Lynbrooks Second Conference Title Since 1989 32:00- Losing to Manhasset in 2019 Nassau County A Final 33:27- Best Players Played With.Against In High School 36:00- High School Accomplishments 37:51- College Decision, Choosing New Paltz 41:17- Adjusting To The College Game 43:56- Impact Of Pandemic, Improving Game At Avalon Park 45:52- Super Sophomore Season. First Team All-SUNYAC 48:31- Losing to SUNY Oswego in 2022 Playoffs 49:48- Second Team All-SUNYAC, 2023 Season Struggles, Losing To Oswego Again 52:30- Motivation Heading Into Senior Year, Best Season In New Paltz Mens Basketball History 54:06- Winning First Ever SUNYAC Title In Program History Over Oswego, 2024 Male Scholar-Athlete Basketball Player Of The Year, Third Team All-SUNYAC 58:18- Reflecting On Teammates, Coach Keith Kenney 1:01:20- Reflecting On Legendary College Career 1:02:50- Relationship with Head Coach Keith Kenney 1:04:20- Quick Hitters 1:05:20- Training For Euroleague 1:06:08- Favorite Hobbies Outside Basketball 1:06:37- Motivation 1:06:54- Favorite Music Artists All-Time 1:07:44- Top Five NBA Players All-TIme, All-Time Starting Five 1:08:40- Start, Bench, Cut 1:09:47- Who is Rylan Blondo? 1:10:20- Life Goals 1:11:03- Potential Future Guest 1:11:54- Legacy 1:12:18- Ending 1:13:00- Ultimate DJ Sports Show Tremendous Twenty-Four Poll 6/22 Here are some of his staggering accolades: - 2024 SUNYAC Champion - 2024 Male Scholar Athlete Of The Year - 2024 Male Scholar Basketball Player Of The Year - First Team All- SUNYAC (2022) - Second Team All-SUNYAC (2023) - Third Team All-SUNYAC (2024) - Led Lynbrook to the Section VIII Class A Conference IV title (2019) - All-State Class A selection (2019) - Newsday All-Long Island Second Team (2019) - Section VIII/XI All Tournament Team (2018) - Alheimers Basketball Classic All-Star (2018) - Reached the monumental 1,000-point plateau in high school Plug in & Enjoy The Show🔥