Scottie Reynolds, a star guard on Villanova’s basketball team who rose to national prominence in the spring with a game-winning drive that gave Villanova a spot in the Final Four, may go pro this year rather than returning for his senior season in college.

If he does, I’ll be able to say, “I knew him when.” Even better, I’ll be able to say I still know him now.

We were part of the same congregations as Scottie and his family for several years. I taught Bible class to one of his older sisters. This Sunday, I’ll be preaching at the congregation where they worship.

We share not only our faith with the Reynoldses but also a love of adoption. Scottie is adopted, as are two of his siblings, and we adopted our three children from Guatemala.

It just blows my mind when I watch Scottie play basketball on national television or see stories about him — especially stories about NBA tryouts. Like this one in The Washington Times:

Reynolds averaged 15.2 points and 3.4 assists during Villanova’s run to the Final Four. His game-winning bucket in the East Region final against Pittsburgh was arguably the tournament’s most memorable moment.

The junior has not hired an agent and has until June 15 to pull his name out of the draft.

“I’m approaching it like I’m not going to be back at Villanova,” said Reynolds, who worked out for Houston on Thursday and is hoping to hear from other teams. “Either way, if I go into the NBA or I go back to school, I’m going to be in a blessed position. It’s not like I don’t want to go back to school or vice versa. I’m going into this 100 percent, not just for the experience but to try to get better and to try and make a team and get people interested in me.”

Or this one in the Washington Examiner, where Scottie talks about his Mom’s excitement over his future:

Scottie Reynolds figured it would be smarter to keep his mother in the dark about his workout for the Washington Wizards until the last minute, so he didn’t tell her until Sunday about his Monday plans.

“I don’t really like to tell her too many things in advance because she gets too energized,” said Reynolds. “I don’t want to hear it for like three days. I just tell her at the spur of the moment.”

It’s freaky. I could almost hear Pam Reynolds’ “energized” voice in my head when I read that.

Best of luck to you, Scottie, whether you are fortunate enough to be drafted or return to school for your senior year. Just don’t beat West Virginia University anymore if you do back back to ‘Nova!