As a promising high school basketball player in Georgia, Jeff Sheppard
was initially overlooked by Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino, who
was looking for hardworking players to lead the Wildcats to the top of
the college basketball world. But fate eventually brought them together
and the rest is history, with the Wildcats winning a pair of national
championships.
Heart of a Champion tells of a ballplayer who wouldn't quit and whose
hard work earned him MVP honors in the 1998 Final Four as he led his
Kentucky teammates in one of the most memorable comeback stories in
college basketball history.