Scott Sawyer was a basketball star in high school and at Connecticut College. As a lawyer, he’s no slouch either. Working mostly as a solo since 1995, he’s built a successful practice that led him to argue a highly publicized eminent domain case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

But it’s hard to keep the guy away from the hardwood. Four years ago, Sawyer launched a travel basketball program in Stonington for youths in fourth through eighth grades.