Rochester Basketball Player scores 20 points in final 4 minutes...he's also Autistic

My dad called me a work tonight all in a frantic..."you going to be home by 7PM?"

"Probably"

He proceedes to tell me about this report that's going to be on CBS.  He said he also saw it on the internet on AOL.

But apparently a Autistic High school senior whose father coaches for Greece Athena High School right here in Rochester, NY had his son on the team getting water managing the equipment and so on.  So in the last game of the year he let him dress and sit on the bench. (Update: After reading the article and learning more about the story...the coach was not the kids father...I am leaving it in here though as is as that's the way my father told the story to me.)

With the team up by double digits with four minutes to go he let him in the game to have a shot.

What happened was a miracle.  His first couple of shots were airballs but then he caught fire sinking 6 3 pointers in a row.

Here is the complete article be sure to watch the video.

Truly amazing.

Update: I read today that Greece Athena beat Greece Arcadia in the first game of the Section V NY Sectionals Playoffs.  66-42.  No doubt Jason had a hand in that victory in some way.

Here is the original local news coverage of the story from WROC Rochester (CBS)

Aparently Universal Studio's has contacted Jason's family about the story.