New Delhi: Hard work never goes in vain. The old adage has once again proved to be true as 15-year-old Prince Pal Singh has bagged a dream basketball deal in the United States.


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Prince, who hails from Punjab, learned the nuances of the sport for one year in Ludhiana Basketball Academy, where he was taken a year ago by his father Gurmaje Singh, who is an electrician by profession.


According to a report in The Times of India, in an open selection trial conducted recently by the Delhi Public School, Rajnandgaon - with the support of Schools Games Federation of India (SGFI) - at the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) Training Centre, Prince was selected for a three-year scholarship in America.


Prince impressed the authorities as he bagged a scholarship worth $75,000 (Rs50 Lakh) for the period July 2016 to September 2019.


According to TOI, Recruitment and development consul tant of North Atlantic Basketball Academy , Dermot Russell, was very impressed with Prince's athleticism as a result of which he picked him ahead of several other experienced players.


There are no prizes for guessing that Satnam Singh is Prince's idol.


Satnam Singh Bhamara took a giant leap by becoming the first Indian to be drafted into the NBA in the US in June 2015.