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1. Dwyane Wade
Kevin Macchia

2. EARLY LIFE

3. On January 17, 1982, in
Chicago, Illinois a star was
born. He is known as
Dwyane “Flash” Wade.

5. Dwyane and his sister,
Tragil, became very close
to each other. He admired
her mental strength and
her commitment to their
church. Religion was very
important to the entire
Wade clan.

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8. Dwyane’s lo
ve for baske
tball grew.
Despite his p
assion, Dwy
ane was not
much more
than an ave
rage player.
But what he
lacked in th
e skills
department
he made up
for with
toughness a
nd intelligen
ce

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10. Determined to earn
,
playing time on varsity
yane worked out all
Dw
summer long before his
junior year with the
teams assistant coach
y Adams. He improved
Gar
his ballhandling skills,
and also his outside
shooting hundreds
game,
of jumpers a day.!

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13. The scholarship offers didn’t
come. The problem was
Dwyane’s low score on the
ACT. Most schools backed off
because they feared Dwyane
wouldn’t make it academically.
Marquette was an exception.

15. tant coach
Assis
im Buckley
T
loved every
aspect of
ne, on and
Dwya
the court. He
off
ed convince
help
d coach Tom
hea
an to give
Cre
him a shot.

16. Marquette accepted Dwyane as a partial
qualifier which meant he could practice
with the basketball team as a freshman but
not dress for games.

17. By the f
all of
2001, Dw
yane
was eag
er to
start his
college
ho o ps ca
reer.
Coach C
rean
who was
in his
third ye
ar as
coach w
as
excite d
to
welco me
Dwyane
aboard.!

18. Dwyane’s impa
ct
was felt
im me diately. I
n
just his first fi
ve
games which
happene d to b
e
all w ins, he
average d more
than 20 po ints
,
nine rebo un ds,
an d nearly five
assists a game
!!

20. As the 2002
season came,
Dwyane
continued his
excellent play.
The Golden
Eagles headed
into March
Madness with
high hopes.

21. Sadly,
rquette
Ma
was
ated in
elimin
first
the
espite
round d fort
solid ef
a
yane.
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22. For the 2002-03 season, he
swore to maintain a more
consistent energy level. He also
spent plenty of time working on
his jumper from outside the 3-
point line.!

23. n Eagles
the Golde
As
or March
repared f
p
, Dwyane
ness again
Mad
mined to
was deter
ther early
avoid ano
ination.
elim

24. Marquette’s magical se
ason ended
in the Final Four against
Kansas.
The overpowering Jayha
wks
destroyed the Golden Ea
gles with
their versatility defeatin
g them by
a double digit margin.!

25. Even with the loss, the season was s>ll a huge success
for Dwyane. He impressed NBA scouts with his
versa>lity, leadership and composure. Dwyane opted
to enter the NBA DraB. Everyone at MarqueEe wished
him the best.

26. Dwyane lasted until the fifth
pick on draft day. LeBron
James went first to the
Cleveland Cavaliers. Then
three teams that regret not
picking Dwyane—the Detroit
Pistons, Denver Nuggets and
Toronto Raptors—passed on
him. That left the Miami
Heat with a steal of a pick
with Dwyane.!

28. He is most danger
ous
with the ball in his
hands mostly driv
ing
hard to basket. His
ability to slice
through the defens
e is
absolutely amazin
g.

29. Dwyane has
already
accomplished
something that
some NBA
players never
will in their
career. He has
already won a
national
championship
and was named
MVP.!

30. Dwyane is
respecte d an d
tho ught of as a
lea der in the eyes
of his team mates.
His work ethics
are flawless an d
that is why he is
s successful an d
a
as great of a
asketball player
b
as he is to day. !

31. “I've only scratched the
surface of where I want
to be in my career, ...
And I know one thing, I
haven't won anything
yet so there's a lot
more I can do there.
But I'm going to
continue to get better
and do what I can to
help my team be the
best it can possibly be.”
- Dwyane Wade