“I just have to keep in mind the fact that I help represent such a big community, and only so little people have the ability to do what I’m trying to do,” Agarwal said recently on the sideline of a Stanford practice.
The arena in Frisco, Texas, is only a 30-minute drive from Ryan Agarwal’s hometown near Dallas. But for a middle-school-age Agarwal, stepping inside was like entering another world.
“It was just excitement for him to connect with someone he can see is like himself,” said Agarwal’s father, Ashok. “The commitment video that he did was his thought process, his message that he wanted to say,” said his mother, Ranjini Agarwalla. “It was not anything that we even talked about. So we were shocked when he brought that up and said, ‘This is what I want to do.’”
So far this season, Agarwal has come off the bench for Stanford in nearly two-thirds of its games, averaging roughly 8 minutes when he plays. Rivals.com once ranked Agarwal as a Top 20 shooting guard, but Stanford coach Jerod Haase said he considered Agarwal a more complete player because of his size — 6-foot-6 — and his passing ability.Just how good remains to be seen. For now, Agarwal’s efforts are focused on helping Stanford find its footing in a competitive Pac-12 Conference.
Since the NBA opened an academy in India in 2017, 20 graduates have earned scholarships to Division I programs, prep schools and junior colleges in the United States, or signed professional contracts, according to a spokesperson for the league.
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