Evan Clavir remembers his younger years dribbling a basketball while walking to Holland Landing Public School.

Time has certainly gone by quickly for the now 23-year old George Brown College student who expects to be graduating later this year from an intensive three-year program in business marketing.

Clavir is an exceptionally bright student and proud of his 3.50 grade point average. Now, he's contemplating the next move: what to do after he accepts the piece of paper that formally confirms his success in academics.

"It's something everyone faces when the time rolls around to move on," said Clavir, who hasn't ruled out continuing education and getting a degree. "It's on my mind, along with a lot of other things, but one step at a time."

Born in Hamilton, then raised in Holland Landing. Some call the location a northern suburb of Newmarket, but it is still known as the village in the town of East Gwillimbury. Not a big community, you can imagine keeping busy after school and a social life can be a challenge.

Clavir, who has had some tough times growing up, now lives on his own. He also has a few words next to his Twitter page name: eat, sleep, basketball.

He loves the sport, something he started playing at the age of eight, and his past includes a trail of success at Sacred Heart high school in Newmarket, where he was a former team MVP and played on two York Region championship teams.

After high school, Clavir went to Ryerson for one year and played on the Rams basketball squad. But Clavir soon realized that Ryerson was not the place for him and liked the atmosphere at George Brown.

Chosen to the dean's list last year, he's also been a steady member of the Huskies basketball team. Like all players, he'd like more competitive time on the hardwood. Clavir, a 6-foot-2 guard, understands the team has talented players and says his job is easy.

"When the coach calls my name, I'll be ready to play," said Clavir, who didn't play last year to devote his time to an exciting part-time business job while using the money for his education.

"I respect the fact that we have some great players. We're a close team, the guys are great to me and all I want to do is help my teammates be a winning team."

Clavir sees a business career, maybe even in sports marketing, and don't rule out a part-time job somewhere down the road as a basketball coach.

Source: George Brown College