Northern Arizona, University of California-San Diego and Santa Clara offered basketball scholarships, which fit Kina's goal of staying within driving distance. However, Wanda Watts had other thoughts and told her son to accept the challenge of attending the Naval Academy.
"My mother is the most important person in my life so when she said 'I want you to go to the Naval Academy,' that basically made my decision,"...
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