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Former Cat Derek Anderson overcame hard-luck beginnings to find ‘family’ with ‘Cats

Derek AndersonAt 12 years old on the streets of Louisville, was effectively homeless.  His mom often left their home for days at a time. His father wasn’t involved in his life. That’s why he learned to play basketball, Anderson said — because otherwise, he had nothing else.  “Some nights when mom wouldn’t come home, I would stay at the basketball court,” he recalled.

 

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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