This Kent State basketball player made history during team's season opener

Kalin Bennett.
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Kalin Bennett is ready to be a role model, on and off the court.

Bennett is a freshman at Kent State University in Ohio, and a member of the men's basketball team. He's also the first student-athlete with autism to sign a national letter of intent to play with a Division I team. He made his debut on Wednesday during the season opener against Hiram College, playing during the last six minutes of the game. He finished with two points, two rebounds, and one block.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.