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CBS 60 Minutes Features UMPI Player [VIDEO]
It isn't every day that the CBS 60 Minutes show features a basketball player from UMaine Presque Isle, but it happened last night.
Shyquinn Dix, a sophomore guard from Connecticut, was the focal point to a 60 Minutes story on a special program to help young inmates at a prison in Connecticut.
Dix was serving time for check fraud and entered the prison program called T.R.U.E. (Trustful, Responsible, Understanding, Elevating, to success.
Dix is now a student athlete at UMaine Presque Isle and led the Owls in scoring with 17 PPG and 3.5 APG while being a Dean's List student. His points average was second best in the North Atlantic Conferen
NOTE: For more on the Shyquinn Dix story, UMPI coach Dan Kane joins the Tuesday 'Morning Pitch Show' on Sports Radio 92.9 The Ticket.
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