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SUMMARY:Ludington: Meet the Author Book Talk: Aaron Bracy\, A Soaring Season: The Incredible\, Inspiring Story of the 2003–04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks
DESCRIPTION:For his new book\, A Soaring Season: The Incredible\, Inspiring 
 Story of the 2003–04 Saint Joseph’s Hawks (Brookline\, 2025)\, Aaron 
 Bracy did exhaustive research and more than 100 interviews with 90 people 
 to recount how the Saint Joseph's Hawks\, who were led by coach Phil 
 Martelli and point guard Jameer Nelson\, became the most unlikely and 
 captivating story in college basketball in the 2003–04 season. With an 
 underrecruited team\, an underfunded program\, housed in underwhelming 
 facilities\, everything about this mom-and-pop operation felt 
 small-time—everything\, that is\, except the team\, which rose to be 
 unanimously ranked No. 1 in the country after finishing 27-0 in the regular 
 season. Bracy will share stories from the book\, explain his research and 
 writing process\, play a brief highlight video from the season\, and 
 discuss how libraries have positively impacted his life. The book talk will 
 be followed by an author signing.\n\n Aaron Bracy is a longtime sports 
 journalist in Philadelphia with nearly 30 years of experience as a 
 sportswriter and sports editor\, beginning as an undergraduate at Saint 
 Joseph’s University\, where he wrote for the student newspaper and 
 broadcast games on the student radio station. He then covered high school\, 
 college\, and pro sports for the Main Line Times\, Trenton Times\, 
 Courier-Post\, and The Trentonian before leaving journalism full time for a 
 career in education. Since 2008\, Bracy has been a freelancer for the 
 Associated Press’s coverage of the Philadelphia 76ers\, Flyers\, Eagles\, 
 Phillies\, and college basketball. His website\, Big5Hoops.com\, is a 
 leading voice for coverage of Drexel\, La Salle\, Penn\, Saint Joseph’s\, 
 Temple\, and Villanova\, which comprise the Big 5.
LOCATION:Large Meeting Room\, Ludington Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Ludington Library":MAILTO:ludingtonlibrary@lmls.org
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