WATCH: Tristen Licón goes from grad assistant to Texas basketball player

One open gym changed this graduate assistant’s life.

In what seems to be straight out of a Disney movie, Tristen Licón is changing his dream in the most bizarre fashion possible.

It is not often that someone is ready to move on to a different chapter in their life, but ends up getting the opportunity of a lifetime that completely changes the ending of the story that they thought was done.

As told by KTSM’s Colin Deaver, Licón’s career is anything but done. The graduate transfer point guard is in the midst of living what seems to be a fever dream.

Licón starred at Sul Ross State, a Division III school in Alpine, Texas where he was the program’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,579 points. He averaged 15.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists on his way to being named a two-time American Southwest Conference (ASC) all-league selection, two-time D3hoops.com All-South Region second-team selection, and a four-time ASC West All-Division selection.

After finishing his four seasons at Sul Ross State, Licón decided to reach out to Texas head coach Chris Beard for a graduate assistant role, which he later was offered and accepted. Licón was intrigued to learn about coaching, and everything he would be able to learn as graduate assistant.

After about two months into the job, players from the team invited him to join in on a open gym, in which he stunned them with his playing ability to the point that the players raved to Beard about the grad assistant’s ability to ball.

Thanks to the COVID-19 season, Licón has one more season of eligibility. His play from the open gym, that was initially just for fun, allowed him to become a member of the Texas Longhorns basketball team as a player.

The Longhorns are starting the season ranked No. 5 in the country, and play their first game against Houston Baptist on Nov. 9.