Sonic Boon

Ironically, just when he seems ready to prove that his decision to pass up college was the right one, Kemp says he's going back to school. The summer will find him, he insists, sitting in a classroom at Indiana University at South Bend, near his hometown.

"I think I'll do well," says Kemp. "It'll be my money, it'll be me calling the shots. Kentucky just wasn't right for me. Wasn't the right time, wasn't the right place. The main regret I have is that people think of me as dumb. That'll push me to do well. I'm going to show everybody I'm not the person they think lam."