![]() ![]() Louis Cardinals Catcherįounding Chairperson, Sun Culture Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation Journalist Philanthropist Summer & Winter Olympian, Hurdles & BobsleddingĢx MLB All-Star, St. Olympic Champion, Basketball & NBA Legend International Recording Artist & Television Personality New York Times Bestselling Author | Actor, ProducerĪctor, Singer, New York Times Best-Selling Author Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt.Legendary Soccer Goaltender & current Manager of FC Sevilla Singer / Songwriter, TV Celebrity, Producer & ActressĢx MLB All-Star, New York Yankees Shortstopįormer NFL Player & All Pro Defensive Back Legendary Professional Football (Soccer) Player Olympic Champion, Short Track Speedskatingįormer NFL Player, Model, Actor & Media Personality NBA All-Star & Rebound Champion, Chicago Bulls He will continue to be involved with local and global opportunities as he has in the past, through activations with Special Olympics International, Special Olympics China, Special Olympics North America and Special Olympics Arizona. ![]() As a Special Olympics Global Ambassador, Booker will promote inclusion through sport, especially opportunities involving basketball while utilizing his reach with younger audiences through social media. In November 2019, Booker announced Special Olympics Arizona as one of the organizations included in the Devin Booker Starting 5 initiative, a 5-year program set to donate $500,000 annually to five different youth-serving nonprofit organizations in Arizona. He surprised Special Olympics Arizona athlete Noah Smith with the same opportunity in 2017. In Spring of 2016, he invited his #1 fan Jenna Warren, who has Down syndrome, to join him in New York City for the NBA Draft Lottery. Devin was an honorary coach for the fifth NBA Cares Special Olympics Unified Basketball Game in Toronto in February 2016. He’s felt "right at home” being involved with Special Olympics Arizona since 2015, taking part in local clinics and making friendships with local athletes. She motivates me every day, and I’m humbled to be part of Special Olympics, a global organization with a mission to help spread awareness about the abilities of people with intellectual disabilities,” Booker said.Įngagement: Devin Booker’s impact off the court has been equally impressive. “I’ve celebrated the accomplishments and witnessed the challenges my sister Mya has experienced as a person with intellectual disabilities. The Phoenix Suns guard has always supported his younger sister, and that sibling bond has inspired him to share his support for even more people with intellectual disabilities through Special Olympics. The deletion causes poor development of several body systems, which can result in mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. His stats and leadership on the court for the Phoenix Suns continued to rise through 20, and Booker was named an NBA All-Star for the first time in February of 2020.īooker’s younger sister Mya has 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, also known as DiGeorge syndrome, which is caused by a missing piece of chromosome 22. In 2017, Booker became the sixth player in NBA history to score 70 points, the youngest player to ever do so at the age of 20. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2016 after averaging 13.8 points per game. Now that he and Kendall have been making their relationship more public, Keeping Up With the Kardashians fans are more excited than ever for the couple's future together.Devin Booker was selected as the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft after playing basketball one year for the University of Kentucky. He clearly loves his family, as well as giving back through his work with the Special Olympics. Ironically, Devin and Jordyn were first linked together in 2018 when they appeared to be on a double date with Kendall and then-boyfriend, Ben Simmons. Jordyn and Devin did not officially announce they were together, but whatever relationship they may have had apparently ended before the Tristan Thompson scandal that rocked the Kardashian/Jenner clan in 2019.ĭevin Booker is not only an outstanding basketball player, but he also appears to be a great guy off the court. All of these rumors also occurred while Devin was allegedly dating Jordyn Woods, perhaps best known as Kylie Jenner's ex-best friend.
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