LeBron James
Childhood
• Raised by a single mother,
Gloria James
• She was never able to land
a steady job
• The two moved from
apartment to apartment,
often in bad
neighborhoods
• Showed tremendous
instincts for basketball at a
young age
Freshman Year
• Went to St. Vincent- St.
Mary High School
• He was starting point
guard for his team
• Led his team to a 27-0
season
• He helped his basketball
team in 2000 to the
Division 3 State
Championships as a
freshman
Sophomore Year
• He averaged 27.8 points, 7.5
rebounds, 5.9 assists, and 4
steals
• He was named Ohio’s “Mr.
Basketball”
• He was selected to the USA
Today All-USA First Team
• He also got First-Team All
State being a wide receiver
• This was his last year of
football because he wanted to
focus more on basketball
Junior Year
• Averaged 29.7 points and
8.4 rebounds
• named Mr. Basketball
Ohio, earned a spot on
All-USA First Team, and
was named the 2001-02
Gatorade National Boys
Basketball Player of the
year
• Appeared on covers of
Sports Illustrated and
ESPN the magazine
Senior Year
• Led his team to a 3rd state
title
• Named Mr. Basketball of
Ohio, and to the All-USA
First Team, got MVP at
the 2003 McDonald’s AllAmerican Team, also
named MVP in the
Roundball Classic and the
Jordan Capital Classic
Rookie Year
-Picked first overall in
the 2003 draft by the
Cleveland Cavaliers
- He averaged 20.9
points, 5.9 assists, and
5.5 rebounds
-He received rookie of
the year
Bike-a-thon
• Recognizes and rewards
children who have
achieved academic
success and improved
their physical fitness.
• Money from the event is
donated to the Akron Area
YMCA and the Akron
Urban League.
HALO Awards
• HALO stands for helping
and leading others.
• LeBron James presented
Darius Snow with a
HALO Award.
• Darius grew up in one of
the most violent
neighborhoods in the
country, in Atlanta. He
was abandoned as a kid.
-He was the first in his family
to graduate high school and go
to college.
- He also teaches kids in his
neighborhood step team.
- LeBron takes him to a movie
premiere, a community
basketball event, and a bike-athon.
Career
• Averages 27.7
points per game,
6.6 assists, and 7.0
rebounds