By BALEY GARZA
Student Writer
Football has no culture limit, this Norwegian decided to take his skills to another country.
Kevin Andre Ford is a 20-year -old freshman-athlete at Northwestern Oklahoma State University majoring in health and sports science, and minoring in mass communications.
What is so special about Kevin? Kevin is originally from Norway. He spent more than half of his life there. He attended school in Norway from kindergarten to his freshman year of high school. He moved to the United States in 2014 to pursue his dreams of becoming a professional athlete.
Before Ford moved to the U.S. it wasn’t his first time visiting. Ford had been to the U.S many times on family vacations. Norway and the U.S. aren’t the only countries Ford have lived in. Ford, lived in Australia for a year after his freshman year of high school.
He had four choices of states to live in when he first decided to move to the U.S. Those states were California, Virginia, Texas, and Florida. Ford, of course chose Texas, to play high school football, and earned a scholarship to play at the next level.
“I chose Texas, because that’s where my father is from,” Ford said. Football wasn’t the only sport that Ford was interested in. During his time in Norway he played club football for the Oslo Vikings, and played club basketball for the Ammerud Baskets for 6 years. Ford was inspired by his oldest brother to play sports and strive for the pros. “My brother was a multi – talented athlete” Ford said .
Although Ford is an athlete, sports isn’t his whole life. He enjoys spending time with his siblings, going outdoors, and biking.
He plans to still play sports, and hopefully one day get to step out on that field as a professional athlete.