Allen Ezail Iverson (June 7, 1975-) led his high school football and basketball teams to Virginia state championships and was named The Associated Press High School Player of the Year in both sports in his junior year. Iverson was involved in an altercation in a bowling alley Hampton, Virginia where he allegedly hit a woman with a chair, arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison. While in a Virginia correctional facility, Allen finished his high school equivalency (GED). His conviction was overturned and he was offered a full scholarship to Georgetown University by legendarych John Thompson based upon his three previous years on the high school court. Allen made the most of his time at Georgetown where he led the Hoyas to the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 in 1995 and 1996, respectively, and earned the Big East Rookie of the Year award. The Georgetown Hoyas under Thompson leaned toward a more defensive style and Iverson didn’t disappoint as he averaged three steals per game and set the Hoyas’ career-scoring record with 22.9 points per game. The Philadelphia 76ers then took the shooting guard with the Number One overall pick of the 1996 NBA Draft and he immediately won the 1997 NBA Rookie of the Year award wand was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Allen played 14 years in the NBA with the 76ers (1996-2006, 2009-2010), the Denver Nuggets (2006-2008), the Detroit Pistons (2008-2009) and the Memphis Grizzlies (2009). He led the NBA four times in field goal attempts, twice in minutes, free throws, turnovers and steals and once in free throw attempts and total points. Allen was an 10-time NBA All-Star, winning the All-Star Game MVP Award twice (2001, 2005), and he was named to the All –NBA First Team three times. Iverson won four NBA scoring titles while with the Sixers, led the NBA In steal three times and was the 2001 NBA Most Valuable Player. Allen Iverson ended his career having amassed 24,368 points, 1,983 steals, 3,262 turnovers, 3,394 total rebounds and 8,467 field goals and averaged 26.7 points per game. He finished his professional playing career in Turkey in 2010-2011, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.