Hardwork beats talent when, talent
doesn't work hard." This is the slogan Stefan Welsh has decided to live by in
his young life.

Since Welsh can remember he has always
been an athlete. He started his career as a football player playing for the
Yorktown Patriots, his home town little league team. It was then that his own city
realized a talent was among them and was about to break
loose.





And breaking loose is exactly
what he did. Welsh was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia, he was born to
Yolanda Welsh and Troy Swinton.

Under any other circumstance Stefan wouldn't mention
his dad, but in a story about your life and a ticket to stardom one must visit
their past in order to appreciate their presence.

When
asked sports fans often differ whether they believe Welsh was better at football
or basketball. Some would say Welsh's chances at stardom are better on the
football field as quarter back, others say his point guard skills and jump shot
are his key to success. However Welsh took his skills to the basketball court in
high school winning back to back State Championships in 2004 and
20005.

He was being heavily recruited and decided to choose Arkansas Razorbacks as
his choice to make a career. After the recruiting coach decided to leave Coach
John Palfrey came
in and single-handily changed basketball at the
University of Arkansas. Stefan Welsh stuck it out as long as possible and made
some major decisions in his life.

With that said
college coaches recurit players and promise them the dream of a lifetime to play
Division 1 college basketball and finally land a career in the NBA. What happens
when that dream is slightly changed, when the hardworks no longer matters, when
popularity beats talents. when true talent and hardwork doesn't even
matter.

What happen in the 2010 NBA draft, who were
those guys? Can real talent be over looked due to politics? Standing in the mist
of the game, I myself can say that some talent does go over looked, but thats
the motivation to keep pushing to work that much more
harder.

Stefan Welsh has a dream and the only way to
wake up is to make that dream a reality. Welsh says, "I won't stop here and
nothing will ever stop me from working hard to beat a
"talent."

This isn't the last of a hardworking talent,
he will prevail... This blog is just the beggining of following true talent on a
road only few will ever travel.