Photo: Simeon's Jabari Parker Makes Cover Of Sports Illustrated
(WSCR) He's only a junior in high school, but Simeon's Jabari Park has landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
Here's an excerpt from the piece: Jabari Parker, a junior at Simeon Career Academy in Chicago, is the best high school basketball player since LeBron James, but there's something more important to him than hoops stardom: his faith. Parker—who was the 2011 USA Basketball athlete of the year and is being recruited by all the top college programs including Kentucky, Kansas and Duke—is a devout Mormon. After his freshman year in college, when top players will head to the NBA draft, Jabari will have to decide whether he will declare for the draft or—like thousands of other Mormon men who turn 19—embark on a two-year mission to spread the faith in the U.S. or a foreign country.
Check out the photo of Parker that will appear on this week's edition of Sports Illustrated.
