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Zion Williamson Biography (American Professional Basketball Player Who Plays as a Power Forward)

Birthday: July 6, 2000 (Cancer)

Born In: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

Advanced Search Zion Lateef Williamson, popularly known as Zion Williamson, is an American basketball player. He professionally plays for the ‘New Orleans Pelicans’ of the ‘National Basketball Association’ (NBA). With a height of 2.01 meters and a weight of 129 kg, Williamson plays at the small forward and the power forward positions. He is the first player born in the 2000s to be selected for the ‘NBA.’ Following a stunning performance with the ‘Duke Blue Devils,’ a basketball team representing ‘Duke University,’ Williamson was selected as an amateur by the ‘Pelicans,’ for the 2019 ‘NBA Draft’ that took place in Brooklyn, New York. Since high school, Williamson drew attention for his proficiency in the “slam dunk,” a move that requires one to jump into the air and put the ball into the basket with one or both hands. During high school, he earned titles such as the ‘South Carolina Mr. Basketball.’ He was the ‘McDonald’s All-American’ runner-up for ‘Mr. Basketball USA.’ In his freshman and only season with ‘Duke University,’ Williamson was named the ‘ACC Player of the Year’ and the ‘ACC Rookie of the Year.’ During college, he also earned the ‘AP Player of the Year’ and the ‘Sporting News College Player of the Year’ honors, along with the ‘Wayman Tisdale Award.’ Image Credit https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpfx7O_hwUE/(zionwilliamson) Image Credit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zion_Williamson_Duke_(cropped).jpg(Keenan Hairston from Raleigh [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]) Image Credit https://www.instagram.com/p/BlJuYipA-EL/(zionwilliamson) Image Credit https://www.instagram.com/p/BiYGbbxhmM5/(zionwilliamson) Image Credit https://www.instagram.com/p/BjdIq6-Bb22/(zionwilliamson) Previous Next

Birthday: July 6, 2000 (Cancer)

Born In: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States

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Also Known As: Zion Lateef Williamson

Age: 25 Years, 25 Year Old Males

Family:

father: Lateef Williamson

mother: Sharonda Sampson

Born Country: United States

Basketball Players American Men

Height: 6'6" (198 cm), 6'6" Males

U.S. State: North Carolina

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education: Duke University

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American PeopleDuke UniversityTall CelebritiesTall Male CelebritiesMale Sportspersons Childhood & Early LifeZion Williamson was born on July 6, 2000, in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Lateef Williamson and Sharonda Sampson. Lateef was a football defensive lineman at ‘Mayo High School’ in Darlington and later at ‘Livingstone College,’ a black Christian college in Salisbury. Sampson was a sprinter at ‘Livingstone’ and later became a middle-school health and physical education teacher.Williamson was named by his mother after the biblical location Mount Zion near Jerusalem.Williamson and his family moved to Florence, South Carolina, when he was 2 years old. When he was 5, his parents divorced and his mother married Lee Anderson, a former basketball player representing ‘Clemson University.’ His stepfather trained him to develop skills as a point guard, while his mother coached him for the ‘Sumter Falcons’ in the ‘Amateur Athletic Union’ circuit, helping him face opponents 4 years older than him.Williamson joined the basketball team at ‘Johnakin Middle School’ in Marion, South Carolina, where he was again coached by his mother. He was also a point guard and lost only 3 matches in 2 years.Before venturing into basketball, Williamson played soccer and was also a football quarterback.Continue Reading Below