Gray Matter: Michael Adedokun, from the fruit stand to the soccer pitch

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Gray Matter: Michael Adedokun, from the fruit stand to the soccer pitch

Michael Adedokun: from the fruit stand to the soccer pitch. Adedokun is a current senior midfielder on the Ohio State men’s soccer team. Credit: Photo Courtesy of Michael Adedokun Every day after school ended at 2 p.m., Michael Adedokun would report to his mother’s fruit stand in Eruwa, Nigeria. She’d give him a load to sell and instructions to return once he did.  But Adedokun wasn’t a very good salesman.  His little legs carried him not to cus…