Biography

Full name is Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr…nicknames include “D. Wade” and “Flash”…was dubbed “Flash” by teammate Shaquille O’Neal…he and his wife, Siohvaughn, have a son Zaire (3)…lists his sister, Tragil Wade, as the person he is most thankful for because she helped raise him growing up, he admires how dedicated in church she is and how mentally strong she is…was a broadcasting major at Marquette…chose his major because he wants to stay around basketball and get into broadcasting when he is done playing…entered Marquette as an NCAA partial qualifier in 2000 after graduating from Richards High School in Oak Lawn, IL, but registered a 3.0 GPA as a second semester sophomore…was named to The Sporting News NBA Good Guys list in July of 2004…provides 10 tickets to each home game to various kid-focused organizations in the community…was named to People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People list in the May 9, 2005 issue…was selected one of the 25 most fit men by Men’s Fitness magazine in their June/July 2005 issue…was a presenter at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards held in August at the AmericanAirlines Arena…received the ESPY for Best Breakthrough Athlete at the 13th Annual ESPY Awards in July 2005…named to ESPN the Magazine’s Top 25 Athletes and was featured on the cover of the issue in September 2005…also appeared on the cover of Dime, Movers and SLAM magazines in 2005 and will be featured on the cover of the 2005-06 edition of Scene It…starred in his first Converse sneaker commercial in the spring of 2005 and signed a long-term deal in September of 2005 to be its lead endorser and the face of the brand…his first signature show will be available beginning on Nov. 3, 2005, the day of Miami’s 2005-06 home opener…modeled the Sean John clothing line in the summer of 2005 and was the feature in their “Icon” campaign…also has endorsement deals with Warren Henry Motors, Gatorade and McDavid Hex Pad…he is the highest paid player in 2005 for the Topps trading card company…was selected the cover athlete for EA Sports NBA Live 06 video game…was a recipient of the NBA’s Community Assist Award for August of 2004 with his USA Basketball Olympic teammates…wore number 6 for the USA Basketball Senior National Team during the 2004 Olympics…in his free time he enjoys relaxing with friends and family…also enjoys football and lists the Chicago Bears as his favorite team…enjoys buying and collecting shoes…likes to listen to rap and rhythm and blues and lists 50 Cent, Jay-Z and R. Kelly among his favorite musical artists…lists Love and Basketball, Remember the Titans and Boomerang among his favorite movies…lists chicken and mashed potatoes as his favorite foods…says Italy is the favorite place he has visited and picked Miami as his dream vacation destination…played on a traveling all-star team in Italy in the summer of 2001 for Bill Van Gundy, the father of HEAT Head Coach Stan Van Gundy…wears a size 15 shoe.

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