Oumar Keita leaves Cordia for Prep School

Cordia big man, Oumar Keita has left Cordia and enrolled at Beckley Prep in WV

Seems like he's been at Cordia for ten years so I guess it was time to leave.

Seems like he's been at Cordia for ten years so I guess it was time to leave.

I agree, lol. It seems he’s been there forever!

Congrats big guy; good luck

Moving to the big city. Whatever happened to Cordia closing?

Moving to the big city. Whatever happened to Cordia closing?

I haven’t heard much about it lately but I’m sure Alice Whitaker will fight the closing of the school to the end. She loves the school and community.

He still has high school eligibility? How old is that kid at this point? I thought Cordia was shut down? Do they still even have a basketball program?

I have way more questions than answers.

He was a senior, he had no other choice to leave.He graudated and if I'm not mistaking, he was named valedictorian. Cordia School shut building was down this past school year, but was still a school as a whole in a different building in Knott Co.

I ran into him at the 14th region championship game between Estill and Knott, he seems like a really good kid. Always smiling

He still has high school eligibility? How old is that kid at this point? I thought Cordia was shut down? Do they still even have a basketball program?

 

I have way more questions than answers.

Born in 1995...

He will be 27 years old in August of this year.

So Cordia still has a school? I was under the impression that it was closed down permenantly

So Cordia still has a school? I was under the impression that it was closed down permenantly

The building is closed but Cordia is still a school but in a different building

Cordia finished the school year last year in another Knott County district school building, I think an elementary school. They played their basketball games at the old Hindman High School gym, which is actually still a nice facility to be as old as it is.

But as far as what has been decided for the upcoming school year I haven’t heard any news. I was under the assumption the school would be permanently closed and the students become part of the Knott County Central High and its elementary school system.