Outlook:
A great prospect, thanks to his immense size; he never become a D-1 player, but he makes in trouble every opponent simply staying in the middle, and forcing all the opposite team to change their shooting arches;
Left-handed. His hand span is 12 inches.
As a fourth grader he was already 6' and by grade 6 had grown to 6'11".
Sokoloski has never driven a car because no conventional vehicle provides sufficient legroom and head clearance for a man of his size. His shoes -- size 22 or 23, depending on the style -- and clothes must be tailor-made. No bed is long enough, so he sleeps on two beds pushed together.
Some comments:
"When (Sokoloski) walks through the door, he fills up the whole doorway. You see 6-9 and 6-10 guys next to him, and they just look like twerps. You shake hands with Jerry, and his fingertips are up to your elbow. When he holds a basketball in his hands, it's like when you or I hold a softball."
When the fingers are spread, an average adult male's hand measures about eight inches from the tip of the smallest finger to the tip of the thumb. Sokoloski's hand span is 12 inches. His father stands 6-4 and his mother is 5-7, so there was no immediate genetic influence on Sokoloski's rise to 7-5.
"He's just a huge guy. This is Andre the Giant stuff. You just can't believe that a guy can be this big."
"Jerry's athletic ability is average, but he does have a chance because of his size. It'll just depend on how big his heart is, and how much he wants it."
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