--- description: Florida walk-on Zach Hodskins, who was born without the lower part of his left arm, scored his first collegiate points title: Watch This One-Handed College Basketball Player Score His First Shot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dc17408304cb2a4/698876b1e20a8722b8a8ecb6/zach-hodskins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This One-Handed College Basketball Player Score His First Shot  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 23, 2015 4:52 PM CUT  Zach Hodskins #24 of the Florida Gators smiles after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in a second round game of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, 2015 in Nashville. Zach Hodskins #24 of the Florida Gators smiles after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide in a second round game of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, 2015 in Nashville.Frederick Breedon—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 23, 2015 4:52 PM CUT University of [Florida](http://time.com/4158506/east-coast-warm-weather-christmas/ "undefined") basketball walk-on Zach Hodskins, who was born without the lower part of his left arm, scored his first collegiate points on Tuesday. The sophomore drove to the [basket](http://time.com/4143339/high-school-basketball-player-wins-game-with-full-court-shot/ "undefined") against opposing forward Darius Dawkins with less than a minute to go in the Gators’ game against the Jacksonville Dolphins. He then executed a perfect spinning layup and also drew a foul while the Florida crowd went insane. “Really happy for Zach,” Florida coach Mike White said during the [postgame press conference](http://floridagators.com/watch/?Archive=3476 "undefined"). “He’s a great young man. Obviously overcoming an unbelievable [adversity](http://time.com/4151949/lebron-james-shoes-special-olympics-star/ "undefined"), he’s a very, very likable young man. You could tell by the decibel level in the O-Dome when he scored. It was a fun moment for our team.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/"},"headline":"Watch This One-Handed College Basketball Player Score His First Shot","datePublished":"2015-12-23T16:52:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:03.646Z","description":"He was born without the lower part of his left arm","url":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","Sports topic","Athletes","College Basketball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dc17408304cb2a4/698876b1e20a8722b8a8ecb6/zach-hodskins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0dc17408304cb2a4/698876b1e20a8722b8a8ecb6/zach-hodskins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Zach Hodskins","caption":"Zach Hodskins","creditText":"Frederick Breedon—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/","name":"Watch This One-Handed College Basketball Player Score His First Shot"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Georgetown vs. Princeton: The Game That Saved March Madness","description":"No. 16 seed Princeton's near-upset of No. 1 seed Georgetown in a 1989 first-round game made sure Cinderella would always get invited to the ball.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/z2mnNZ9m/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-19T23:01:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/z2mnNZ9m.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/","duration":"PT9M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4160074/one-handed-college-basketball-player-scores-his-first-shot/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```