Memorial athletes in action: Men's basketball

Bahrom Firozgary, a graduate of Stratford High School, is a junior forward on the Rice University men's basketball team.

The following men's basketball player with a Memorial high school tie has scheduled action this week:

Bahrom Firozgary, Rice University
Position: Forward
High school: Stratford High School
This week:
Wednesday, Dec. 12, versus Long Island University Brooklyn
Saturday, Dec. 15, versus University of Hartford
About Firozgary: Firozgary is a junior forward for Rice University. He is a 2010 graduate of Stratford High School in Houston where he was the school's Defensive Player of the Year and helped lead the Spartans to the bi-district playoffs twice, and to the the 2009 Houston Independent School District Jaycees Tournament consolation bracket title. He was named second team all-district in 2010 and earned honorable mention accolades the season before. Firozgary was co-valedictorian of his class, graduating with summa cum laude honors. The biochemistry major is from Houston and is the son of Farrokh and Mahnaaz Firozgary.