The Post article quoted Armani, who said, “I realized that the most important thing for me was to be an institution where academics and athletics are comparable,” he said. “As long as there is a hoop and a ball, nobody can stop me from getting better. I can excel at both.” He went on to say, “I wanted to make sure I could be a place I could thrive at, and I know I could do that at Yale,” he said. “I want to have a basketball career after college, but at the same time I want to have that academic foundation. I have all the resources. There’s nothing holding me back.”

Armani becomes the first Dalton basketball player under coach Teddy Frischling's tutelage to play on a Division 1 team. Frischling is in his 16th season as coach of the Dalton Basketball Tigers.

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