Top AFL draft pick wants to inspire Indigenous kids to chase their dreams
After taking out the top spot in the 2020 AFL Draft, 18-year-old Jamarra Ugle Hagan says he hopes to use his position as a professional footballer to inspire other Indigenous kids to chase their dreams. Speaking to NITV News on Thursday, the young Gunditjmara man who grew up on the small Aboriginal reserve of Framlingham in south-west Victoria, said he hoped more Indigenous kids can achieve the same opportunities as himself. “I’ve got another dream to make younger Indigenous kids and multicultural kids get the opportunity that I had, which is a scholarship to Scotch and getting them t...
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