BIOGRAFI OF STEVE NASH

 

Stephen John "Steve" Nash, OC, OBC (born February 7, 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball player who played point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash, who was born in South Africa to British parents but raised in Canada, enjoyed a high-school basketball career a success, and he was eventually given a scholarship by Santa Clara University. In four seasons with the Broncos, the team made three NCAA Tournament appearances, and Nash was twice named West Coast Conference Player of the Year.
After graduating from Santa Clara as the team's all-time leader in assists, Nash entered the 1996 NBA Draft and was selected as the selected 15 by the Phoenix Suns. He made a minimal impact, and sold to the Dallas Mavericks in 1998. With a third season with the Mavericks, he was first elected to the NBA All-Star Game and has received All-NBA first choice. Together with Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Finley, Nash led the Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals the following season. However, he became a free agent after the 2003-04 season and returned to the Phoenix Suns.

In the 2004-05 season, Nash led the Suns to the Western Conference Finals, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP). He was named MVP again in the 2005-06 season, and missed out on his third MVP in a row to Nowitzki the next season. Named by ESPN in 2006 as the ninth greatest point guard of all time, Nash has led the league in assists and free throw percentage at various points in his career. He is also ranked as one of the top players in league history to shoot three-point, free throw shooting, the number of assists and assists per game.
Nash, who is married, was involved in charity and humanity, and he is also interested in soccer and film-making. In 2006, Time named him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On December 28, 2007, has announced that Nash would receive Canada's highest honors civilian, the Order of Canada, [4] and on June 3, 2008, it was announced that Nash would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. On September 18, 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law by the University of Victoria, in recognition of his athletic achievements and his philanthropic work on behalf of young people through the Steve Nash Foundation

high scool

 Nash initially attended Mount Douglas Secondary School, but after its value began to fall, his parents decided to enroll him at St. Michaels University School, a private boarding school.At St. Michaels, he starred in basketball, soccer, and rugby union. While playing basketball during his senior season, Nash was an average of 21.3 points, 11.2 assists, and 9.1 rebounds per game. In season 1991-1992, he led his team in last year with the title of British Columbia AAA provincial champions, and was named Player of the Year province.

College career
Although Nash's high school coach, Ian Hyde-Lay, sent letters of investigation and highlight reels on Nash's behalf for more than 30 universities in the United States, Nash was not recruited by any university, until the Santa Clara head coach Dick Davey requested video footage of the young guard. After watching Nash personally, Davey said he was "nervous as hell just hoping that no one else will see him. It did not take a Nobel Prize winner to figure out this guy is good enough. It's just a case of hoping someone from the big names arrive . 'However, Davey Nash also said that he was "the worst defensive player" he had ever seen.

Nash was awarded a scholarship by Santa Clara for the 1992-93 season. At that time, already five years since the Broncos appeared in the NCAA tournament. That changed when Nash led the Broncos to the title (WCC) West Coast Conference and upset win over No. 2 seeded Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Division I [8] In the game., Nash scored six straight free throws in the last 30 seconds of contest [9] Although the Santa Clara. defeated by Temple in the next round, is considered a successful 1992-93 campaign. However, the Broncos failed to maintain the momentum next season, and managed only a 5-7 record in the team conference.The recovered in season 1994-95, with Nash who named the Conference Player of the Year and WCC topping Broncos. Displaying the league leaders to score goals and assist in Nash, the Broncos returned to the NCAA tournament, but they were defeated by Mississippi State [8] After the season,. Nash contemplated turning professional, and decided to fight back when he knows he probably will not be considered as a first-round pick in 1995 NBA Draft.
In season 1995-96, Nash began to attract the attention of national media and professional scouts. He has spent the summer before that honing skills, playing with the Canadian national team and worked with the likes of established NBA players Jason Kidd and Gary Payton [8] Santa Clara again. WCC title, and for the second consecutive year, Nash was named the Conference Player of the Year, the first Bronco to do it since Kurt Rambis. He scored 28 points in leading the # 10 seed to upset the Broncos first-round win over # 7 seed Maryland, but then the Broncos eliminated by Kansas. Nash performances ensure that he was named Honorable Attention All-American as a senior by The Associated Press and USBWA. He also finished his career as a leader of Santa Clara's all-time in career assists (510), free throw percentage (.862), and creating and trying three-pointers (263-656). [10] He remains the school's third all-time scoring list (1689), and holds a Santa Clara-season free throw percentage record (.894). In September 2006, Nash was his jersey (# 11) retired, Santa Clara became the first student-athlete who receives the award.