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Boys’ basketball: Nick Hamilton is a real student-athlete

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If anyone is the perfect example of being a true student-athlete, it’s Westchester senior Nick Hamilton.

This summer, he’s participating in the UCLA VIPS program that prepares high school students for college. He had a summer reading assignment this weekend, but he’s also playing for his travel basketball team.

Coming back from a dislocated thumb suffered last month in the Watts Summer Games, the All-City player scored 15 points in his game.

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He gets all As on his report card, is a team leader for the defending City Section Division I champions, and Coach Ed Azzam would probably rank Hamilton has one of the most competitive, hard-working players he’s ever coached.

He’s a great example for Westchester and the Los Angeles Unified School District of what a stuent-athlete should look like.

Eric.sondheimer@latimes.com

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