Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who represents Japan. She has been ranked number 1 in the world by the WTA and has won three titles and reached five finals on the WTA Tour. She is a reigning champion in women’s singles at the US Open and the Australian Open. Osaka was born in Osaka Japan and started playing... read full bio
Andre Iguodala is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Miami Heat of the NBA. Iguodala is a shooting guard and small forward from Springfield, Illinois. He started his career playing basketball in high school at Lanphier High School. From there, Iguodala went on to play college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats at the University of Arizona. While... read full bio
Kemba Walker was drafted ninth overall by the Charlotte Hornets (known then as Charlotte Bobcats) in the NBA Draft. He was very successful in his time as a college basketball player with the University of Connecticut, as he gained national attention. He played every game during his first year and was named to the Big East All-Rookie Team. With... read full bio
Dirk Nowitzki is a German retired professional basketball player who has played in the German basketball sports club as well as the NBA. He is considered to be the greatest European basketball player of all time and began his career playing for DJK Wurzburg basketball club. From there, Nowitzki went on to be selected 9th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks... read full bio
Corey Kluber, also known as Klubot, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of the MLB. Kluber was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and began his career playing baseball in high school. Kluber went on to play college baseball for Stetson University where he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference’s Pitcher of the Year, a second team member... read full bio
Javier Baez, also known as “El Mago”, is a Puerto Rican professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Chicago Cups of the MLB. Baez was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, and moved to Florida later in life where he went on to play baseball at Arlington Country Day School before going on to play college baseball at Jacksonville University.... read full bio
Aaron Nola, also known as “Nols”, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of the MLB. Nola was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he began play high school baseball at Catholic High School where he was named Class 5A State Player of the Year and voted “Mr. Baseball” for the State of Louisiana. Nola went on... read full bio
Trevor Story is an American professional baseball shortstop player for the Colorado Rockies of the MLB. Story was born in Irving, Texas, and he began his career playing baseball in high school at Irving High School where he was a shortstop and pitcher. Story went on to attend Louisiana State University on a college baseball scholarship. Story was then selected... read full bio
Joel Embiid is a Cameroonian professional basketball player who plays center for the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Embiid was born in Yaounde, Cameroon, and moved to the United States when he was 16 to pursue a basketball career. He began playing at The Rock School and went on to play college basketball at the University of Kansas. While there,... read full bio
Rudy Gobert is a French professional basketball player who plays center for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He was born in Saint-Quentin, France, and began his career playing for the Cholet Basket, a French junior team. After playing with Cholet for three years, Gobert went on to be selected 27th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the NBA draft... read full bio
Karl-Anthony Towns is a Dominican-American professional basketball player who plays center for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. Towns was born in Edison, New Jersey, and he began his career playing high school basketball at St. Joseph High School where he led the team to a state championship, which earned him a spot in the ESPN 25 national ranking of... read full bio
Jimmy Butler is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard / small forward for the Miami Heat of the NBA. Butler was born in Houston, Texas, and he began his career playing high school basketball. He went on to play college basketball for a year at Tyler JC and then went on to play at Marquette University where... read full bio
Mike Conley Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. Conley is the son of Mike Conley Sr. who was an Olympic medalist who performed in track and field. Conley was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and began his career playing basketball at Lawrence North High School. While playing in high... read full bio
Jrue Holiday is an American professional basketball player who plays point guard / shooting guard for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA. Holiday was born in Chatsworth, California, and he began his career playing high school basketball at Campbell Hall where he was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and a Parade Magazine First Team All-American. He... read full bio
Nikola Vucevic is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who plays center for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Vucevic was born in Morges, Switzerland, and he began his career playing in Europe before moving to Simi Valley, California, where he played a year of high school basketball at Stoneridge Preparatory before going on to play college basketball at the University... read full bio
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. Brees was born in Dallas, Texas, and he began his career playing football in high school at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. He went on to play college football at Purdue where he set numerous records, won a Maxwell Award, a Bart Starr Award, won Academic... read full bio
DeAndre Hopkins is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the NFL. Hopkins was born in Central, South Carolina, and he began his career playing football, basketball, and running track and field at D.W. Daniel High School. From there, Hopkins went on to play college football at Clemson University where he was an ACC champion, and named... read full bio
David Bakhtiari is an American football offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was born in San Mateo, California, and began his career playing football and lacrosse in high school. While there, he was named Honorable Mention All-West Catholic Athletic League, All-Metro, and All-San Mateo County after winning the WCAL Co-Championship. He then went on to... read full bio
Jose Ramirez is a Dominican professional baseball third baseman that plays for the Cleveland Indians of the MLB. Ramirez was born in Bani, Pervia, Dominican Republic, and he began his career playing baseball in the Dominican Prospect League. When he was 17 years old, he traveled to the Indians facility where he was signed there. Ramirez went on to play... read full bio
Jacob deGrom is an American professional baseball pitcher that plays for the New York Mets of the MLB. Jacob was born in DeLand, Florida, and he began his career playing both baseball and basketball at Calvary Christian Academy. Jacob went on to play college baseball at Stetson University and was then selected by the New York Mets of the MLB... read full bio
