International students will always have a place to call home at the University of Minnesota Crookston. Coming from China, and later a junior college in California, Silas Xia was welcomed to campus and has continued to grow and adapt to his environment. His time at school in China was difficult. He would spend three to four hours per night trying to finish an intense workload. He knew coming to America would provide him with a great education while giving him the free time to enjoy being a college student and focus on basketball, too. He was recruited to play basketball at UMN Crookston in 2019. He was attracted to the University of Minnesota degree and the availability of his major, software engineering, as well as his desired minor, sport and recreation management.
