Shane Battier Biography

Fast Facts

• Has been named to the ACC 50th Anniversary men's basketball team
• In 2001, he won a gold medal at the Goodwill Games
• Won a bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championships
• Spent four seasons playing basketball for Duke University
• Married his high school sweetheart Heidi Ufer and had two children, Zeke and Eloise, with her
• Was selected as the sixth overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft
• During his senior year of high school, he was named Mr․ Basketball of Michigan
• Won his first NBA Championship while playing for the Miami Heat in 2012
• Made the game-winning three pointer in the first playoff win for the Memphis Grizzlies in franchise history
• Is the first person to win both the Naismith College Player of the Year and Prep Player of the Year Awards