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Andrew Christian Wiggins (born 23 February 1995 in Toronto, ON). Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player with the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Raised in Vaughan, Ontario, Wiggins first rose to fame as the world’s top-ranked high school basketball player and was a second-team All-American in college. In 2014, he became the second Canadian to be selected first overall in the NBA draft. He is the first Canadian player to be named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year and the first to score more than 40 points in a game. Wiggins also helped Canada secure three bronze medals in international competition. He is the highest-paid Canadian athlete of all time.

Andrew Wiggins is the son of two notable athletes. His mother, Marita Payne-Wiggins, was born in the Bahamas before moving to Toronto with her family at the age of nine. An accomplished track and field sprinter who attended Florida State University, she was a 21-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-American and eight-time champion. She won medals at the Commonwealth Games (silver in 1982, gold in 1986) and Pan American Games (1983, 1987). She made her Olympic debut at the 1984 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles, capturing silver medals in both the 4X100m relay and 4X400m relay races. She also represented Canada at the 1988 Olympic Summer Games in Seoul. In 2014, she was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Hall of Fame.

Marita met Wiggins’s father, Mitchell, at Florida State, where he was a standout collegiate basketball player and All-American honourable mention (1982, 1983). Born in Lenoir County, North Carolina, Wiggins was a member of Team USA at the 1982 FIBA World Championships, where he helped win a silver medal. In 1983, he was selected 23rd overall by the Indiana Pacers in the NBA draft. He played in several leagues around the world during his career. Upon retirement as a player, he settled with Marita in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan, where they raised six children.

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