USC forward Chevez Goodwin has overcome the death his mother and many people doubting him to become a key part of the Trojans' success this season.
When he was younger, USC big man Chevez Goodwin would fixate on the mothers of opposing players cheering from the stands. It would eat at him. He would try to shut them down — shut down the affection.
Goodwin sometimes adds an emoji of a rose to captions on Instagram posts because he likes to think he’s Ronee’s rose. After a banner career at Hammond High in Columbia, S.C., Goodwin jumped into a commitment at the College of Charleston. He played in every game his freshman season but averaged just 2.3 points in bite-size minutes.
In that redshirt season at Wofford, he felt her void in his life more than ever before. That same year, within a month of one another, his aunt and his grandmother on his mother’s side died too. Goodwin didn’t share the details of that period with many people. But slowly, things got better, particularly as he grew closer with Wofford teammates Storm Murphy, Keve Aluma and Tray Hollowell. The four, who all entered the program the same year, soon became inseparable.He knew he wasn’t the tallest big man or even the quickest. But Goodwin always kept his motor running. He would study film, learning the right spots as a defender and how to score without always having the ball in his hands.
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