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Notable Achievements at Age 25
PhD in Mathematics from Caltech
Awarded PhD for thesis 'Finite Semifields and Projective Planes' under advisor Marshall Hall Jr.
Pacers confirm will miss 2025–26 season (Achilles recovery)
Indiana Pacers announced Haliburton will miss the entire 2025–26 season recovering from right Achilles surgery.
Torn right Achilles in NBA Finals Game 7
Suffered a torn right Achilles tendon in the first quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Finals; Pacers lost and Thunder became champions.
Record 51 points in Game 7 (May 14, 2023)
Scored 51 points in Game 7 vs Philadelphia — the most points in any NBA Game 7 in history.
NBA All-Star Game MVP (55 points)
Tallied 55 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game and was named All-Star MVP; set All-Star scoring record (55).
Led NBA in total points for season (2022–23)
Finished the 2022–23 regular season with a league-best 2,225 points and averaged 30.1 PPG (first Celtics player to average 30+).
Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Joe Biden presented Biles with the Presidential Medal of Freedom; she became the youngest person to receive the honor.
Launched 'Days of Girlhood' TikTok series (public coming out)
Posted a full coming-out video in March 2022 and began the daily 'Days of Girlhood' series documenting her gender transition.
Contestant on Top Chef (Season 13)
Competed on Bravo's Top Chef: California and placed sixth; significant national exposure.
Second consecutive NBA MVP (2010)
Won back-to-back league MVP awards for the 2009–10 season.
Co‑founded Airbnb
Partnered with Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia to found Airbnb; became the company's first chief technology officer.
Released 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'
Second solo album debuted at #1 on Billboard 200 with 684,000 first‑week sales; spawned hits like 'SexyBack'.
Launched blog dooce.com (first post)
Started the personal blog dooce.com (pseudonym 'dooce' derived from misspelling 'dude'); first post about Carnation Milk in February 2001.
Family Guy premiere
Family Guy first aired on television on January 31, 1999 (first major series created by MacFarlane).
Earned J.D. from Yale Law School
Graduated from Yale Law School with a Juris Doctor; wrote her first novel during third year of law school.
Co‑founded 37signals (web design)
Co‑founded 37signals with Carlos Segura and Ernest Kim in Chicago as a web design company.
Graduated University of Waterloo (BASc Systems Design Engineering)
Received Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Earned JD, Columbia Law School
Received a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School; was a member of the Columbia Law Review.
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