A basketball player from Zeeland East High School in Michigan who happens to be completely blind wowed a gymnasium packed with 2,500 people by making a basket at the last game of the season.
(Courtesy of Brandy Navetta/Zeeland Public Schools)
In a video that has now taken the Internet by storm, Jules Hoogland, a junior at the school, is seen stepping up to the basket during the Zeeland East versus Zeeland West unified basketball game on March 22.
The audience goes completely silent when an assistant begins tapping a stick on the basket right behind the rim so that Jules can hear the sound and identify where to aim her free-throw shot. As soon as the 17-year-old jumps and throws the ball into the net, the crowd cheers her with roaring applause.
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