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Marion, Shawn
- 2004 Olympic bronze medalist
- Has been a member of two USA teams that competed internationally including the gold medal winning Goodwill Games in 2001
- 2003 NBA All-Star as a Phoenix Sun
- Averaged 77.8 percent from the foul line, rebounded 47 times and scored a total of 79 points during the 2004 Olympics
- Named to the 2000 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
- After Shawn was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in 1999, he bought a home for his mother, Elaine, in Las Vegas
- Upon signing a new contract extension in the summer of 2002, pledged $1 million to the Valley of the Sun United Way. Donations will go towards building basketball courts, supporting Jr. Suns and Jr. Mercury, and cancer research
- Purchased 2001 playoff tickets for Game 3 and Game 4 to ensure a Suns sellout and distributed them to disadvantaged youngsters through area charities
- Named one of the “good guys in sports” by The Sporting News in 2003
- His high school jersey at Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Tenn., was retired during a special halftime ceremony at a football game on September 22, 2000
- Started wearing No. 31 in junior college—the number of one of his favorite players, Reggie Miller
- Guarded basketball legend, Michael Jordan, at the end of regulation and late in both overtime sessions of the 2003 NBA All-Star game—the last of Jordan’s career
- Nicknamed “the Matrix” by current TBS and TNT color analyst and former NBA guard, Kenny Smith
- Has three younger sisters: twins, Shawnett and Quinnisha, and Traimane
- Enjoys going to movies, listening to music and playing video games
Marion was one of several NBA players and Hollywood celebrities that visited U.S. and coalition troops in Kuwait as part of “Project Salute 2003” and was honored with the NBA Community Assists Award in June 2003.
On coming together as a team to win the Olympic bronze medal: “We pulled together tonight and came out with all kinds of energy on the floor and the bench, we were all together tonight, we pulled together.”
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Height: 6’7
Born: 07-May-78
Hometown: Waukegan, Ill.
Sport: Basketball
Event: Men's Basketball
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