SPRING/SUMMER 2022
ONYEKACHI (KACHI) NZEH ’23, Varsity Boys’ Basketball
Scholar-Athletes Score Big George School is committed to helping students realize their dreams— as exceptional scholars, athletes, and human beings. At George School, we strive to realize the potential of the individual and the community, helping students “let their lives speak” while they enrich, and are enriched by, a diverse peer group. This is even more true now, with the new Signature Academic Program and efforts to attract, educate, coach, advise, and prepare scholar-athletes who are serious about both sides of the hyphen. “If you build it, they will come” applies not only to the school’s impressive athletics facilities, but to a multifaceted program for students interested in playing sports at the college level. Varsity Boys’ Basketball Head Coach Ben Luber came to George School in fall 2019 after playing, coaching, and recruiting at universities. He liked that “academics are a priority, and being a good person and serving the community are pillars of George School,” and he felt he could develop a program to work with “students who have ambitions” and “love the game of basketball that I love.”
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Kachi Nzeh ’23 was a 6’8” multisport athlete, with joints that ached from running track and a 7’3” wingspan that foretold his ultimate home on the basketball court. Alerted by a local scout, Ben invited Kachi to practice on campus. “He showed me the gym and the weight room,” remembers Kachi, “and I thought ‘This is insane.’” But what ultimately drew Kachi to George School was a future learning under— while towering over—Coach Ben, who had “earned a reputation for individual player development,” according to an article about both of them in the Delaware County Daily Times. Kachi says simply, “Coach Ben is really a teacher. He’s trying to help me get better as a person and as a player. Once I saw coach Ben’s character, I thought there have to be more people like him at George School.” With the support of his parents—who put a premium on academics— Kachi became a George School boarding student.
