Rajon Rondo may have gotten his degree from Oak Hill Academy, but his start came at Eastern High School in Louisville — a legendary Eagle who averaged 27.9 points, 10.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game en route to All-State honors in his third and final year before transferring to the national powerhouse to close out his career.
You know the rest of the story, Rondo taking his talents to Kentucky where he was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2005 after setting the single-season steals record with 87. Putting up averages of 11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a sophomore, the former Wildcats was drafted in the first round and went on to become a four-time NBA All-Star and two-time world champion.
As he enters the next stage of his life in coaching — he’s an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks — and as a dad, his former high school brought Rondo back to his old stomping grounds this weekend to retire his jersey at Eastern.
Rondo was honored alongside former Louisville standout Herbert Crook, the late Felton Spencer and former WNBA player Jaynetta Saunders in the alumni ceremony Friday evening.