Hinesville community celebrates NCAA champion Davion Mitchell
Hinesville community celebrates NCAA champion Davion Mitchell By Amanda Aguilar | April 15, 2021 at 3:55 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:05 PM
HINESVILLE, Ga. (WTOC) - âTook me a couple of days to realize we really won a national championship.â
A little more than a week later, Hinesville native and NCAA champion Davion Mitchell is still getting messages about his championship win.
âPeople have been hitting me up. I am like âWhoâs this?â But yeah, itâs just been everyone hitting me,â Mitchel said.
The junior guard is well-known in Liberty County as he led the Liberty County High School Panthers to its first GHSA state title in 2016.
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