 In Terps Legend, Walt Williams told the kids he was the ball boy his freshman year of high school, but got to play when most of the team became academically ineligible. But I understood this right here, in order for me to play basketball, I need to get my schoolwork done. In College Park, John Dome in WTOP News. Okay, Fourth of July, just a week away, tourists from all across the country will be coming here to the nation's capital to catch a glimpse of our iconic fireworks display.