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Notable Achievements at Age 22
Selected 27th overall in 2016 NBA Draft
Drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the Toronto Raptors on 23 June 2016.
Olympic gold medal (Paris 2024)
Started in the Olympic final as the United States defeated Brazil 1–0 to win the gold medal; Rodman scored three goals in the tournament.
Scored extra-time quarterfinal winner vs Japan (Olympics)
Netted a dramatic extra-time left-footed winner over Japan to send the U.S. to the Olympic semifinals.
Selected No. 1 overall in 2024 WNBA Draft
Drafted first overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA draft.
Became NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer (men's or women's) — passed Pete Maravich
Recorded 35 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds vs No. 2 Ohio State to surpass Pete Maravich's all-time Division I scoring mark.
Leaves game at halftime to be with child's mother as daughter is born
Edwards left the Timberwolves' March 1, 2024 game at halftime to be with Aislynn's mother; his daughter Aislynn was born in March 2024.
Career-high 43 points and franchise-record 10 threes
Hit a game-winning 3 and finished with then-career-high 43 points and a Pacers franchise-record 10 three-pointers vs Miami Heat.
Accepted to Columbia Journalism School (graduate program)
HWS News reported Freedman '22 will attend Columbia University School of Journalism starting fall 2022.
Selected to first NBA All-Star Game (reserve)
Named as a reserve to the 2022 NBA All-Star Game — Garland's first All-Star selection.
Named to his first NBA All-Star Game
Selected as an Eastern Conference All-Star for the 2019–20 season.
Named NBA All-Star (2020)
First All-Star selection (listed above as Jan 30, 2020); begins multi-year All-Star run (2020–2025, six selections total to date).
First career NFL interception
Intercepted Brian Hoyer and recorded his first NFL interception in the Dolphins' 16–12 win over the Indianapolis Colts.
NFL debut vs Washington Redskins
Made NFL debut on October 13, 2019; started at cornerback and recorded one tackle and a pass defended.
2019 World Championships (Stuttgart) — 5 golds; became most-decorated World medalist
Led USA to team gold and won AA, vault, beam and floor (five golds at a single Worlds), debuted two eponymous skills (Biles II floor and Biles beam dismount) and surpassed Vitaly Scherbo's record to become the most-decorated gymnast in World Championship history.
Listed on Pro Football Reference and ESPN player profiles
Official league and statistics pages documenting NFL career and game logs (Pro-Football-Reference, ESPN, NFL.com).
Returned to NBA action (Feb 2, 2018)
Made first appearance for Bucks since February 2017, scoring 12 points vs Knicks.
Senior season — finished collegiate career
Completed collegiate career with 213 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions and a school-record 33 passes broken up in 41 games.
ACC Player of the Year & Consensus First-team All-American (2017) — Justin Aaron Jackson
In his junior season (2016–17) at UNC he was named ACC Player of the Year, First-team All-ACC and a consensus first-team All-American.
NCAA Champion (Apr 2017) — Justin Aaron Jackson
Won the 2017 NCAA Championship with the North Carolina Tar Heels (scored 16 points in the title game).
Publicly comes out as bisexual
Announced on Twitter that she is bisexual and shared personal reflections about being open to love 'boy or girl.'
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