Although he didn\'t play organized basketball until ninth grade, Tim Duncan is one of the world\'s premiere basketball stars and is just the second player in NBA history to be named to both an All-NBA Team and an All-Defensive Team in each of his first four seasons. He leads all players in the NBA in double doubles over the last four seasons and is also currently the leading rebounder in the league. He was selected with the first pick of the 1997 draft and was named NBA Rookie of the Year and 1999 NBA Finals MVP after winning his first NBA Championship with the San Antonio Spurs.

He and his wife Amy were married in the summer of 2001 and, together, they run the Tim Duncan Foundation- which will fund nonprofit organizations in the areas of education, health awareness and research, and youth sports and recreation. Foundation funds will be raised through special events and fundraisers. Over the last two years ? through the Tim Duncan Bowling for Dollar$ Charity Bowl-A-Thon ? Duncan has raised and donated more than $350,000 to help fight breast and prostate cancer. In addition he hosts an annual charity golf tournament in San Antonio.

The Foundation has also donated $25,000 to purchase and install the first wooden basketball court on the island of St. Croix, Tim?s homeland in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In San Antonio, the Foundation recently purchased a multi-purpose vehicle from Gunn Automotive for Roy Maas\' Youth Alternatives (RMYA). The vehicle will replace the center?s existing van with a newer, safer means of transportation for the nearly 700 children per year that they serve.

--SlamDuncan.com