George Mason: Touching Justin Kier Story Featured on ABC7

On Monday night, George Mason leading scorer Justin Kier had a touching story from his childhood featured on Washington, D.C.’s ABC affiliate, WJLA/ABC7.

ABC7 Reporter Robert Burton came to George Mason’s practice facility to interview Kier and the result was special. Kier told the story of an accident he was in as a seven-year-old that left his mother unable to “walk, see or speak.”

@MasonMBB Junior Justin Kier is playing for more than just an A-10 championship. "I'm living for two…I'm living for me and her." His incredible story of overcoming a very traumatic experience at a young age. 💪🏾💪🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾@ABC7News @ABC7Sports pic.twitter.com/9NkH4q3su6

— Robert Burton (@Robert7News) March 11, 2019

Per the story, Kier’s grandmother stepped up to raise him after the accident.

Kier, who led the team in scoring (13.9 PPG) and steals (1.6 SPG) this year, has a great chance of making one of the All-Atlantic-10 Teams when they’re announced.

George Mason will now play in the Atlantic 10 Tournament this week as the No. 5 seed. They’ll play the winner of George Washington-UMass on Thursday at 2:30 P.M ET.

Back in the studio after the piece aired, one of the anchors noted how nice and level-headed Kier appeared. After covering him and his team all year, I’d have to say that he was dead-on in his assessment.