"Full name is Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr…nickname is “D. Wade”…married actress Gabrielle Union on August 30, 2014…has a pair of sons, Zaire and Zion, and a nephew, Dahveon, whom he is raising…has an official website (www.dwyanewade.com)...was a broadcasting major at Marquette…says his dream is to “leave the world a better place than I found it”…to that mission the Wade’s World Foundation has a goal of providing support to various education, health and family service programs, in particular those that benefit underserved communities…received a Humanitarian Award at the 2013 BET Awards for his commitment to excellence and dedication to community and worldly charitable causes…shared USA Weekend magazine’s 15th Annual Most Caring Athlete Award in October 2007 with Steve Nash…teamed up with Alonzo Mourning to co-host The Summer Groove for three years (2008-10) and to form the Athletes Relief Fund for Haiti in January 2010 to assist the victims of the earthquakes in Haiti…also hosts an annual charity event, Wade’s World Weekend, in his hometown of Chicago.

In August 2007 he hosted “A Week of Wade’s World in South Florida”, a week-long series of events that touched hundreds of South Florida kids…the week-long event included a basketball camp, fulfilling the dreams of Make-A-Wish children, a reading event and a school supplies shopping spree for local children…has partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation on several occasions…provides tickets to each home game to various kid-focused organizations in the community…hosts his annual “3 Under the Tree” holiday program which includes a Christmas party for over 300 youth in the Dade and Broward area…hosts a three-day free camp for over 600 kids in his hometown of Robbins, IL…also hosts an annual youth camp (The D. Wade All-Star Basketball Camp) each summer in South Florida and the past four years has hosted The Dwyane Wade Fantasy Camp for adults who are at least 35 years old...his memoirs “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than Basketball” earned a spot on the New York Times Bestseller List…received the Father of the Year Award in June 2007 from the Father’s Day Committee and the National Fatherhood Award in February 2012 from the National Fatherhood Initiative…in 2011 was appointed to President Obama’s fatherhood task force.

In 2007-08 served as the national spokesperson for the Cartoon Network’s Rescuing Recess program to protect and revitalize recess in schools across the country…was named to People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People list (2005)…was named to The Sporting News NBA Good Guys list in July 2004…has been named to the Best Dressed lists by Esquire, Forbes, Sports Illustrated and GQ at various times during his career…was featured in Vogue’s June 2012 Olympics issue…was named by the Wall Street Journal as the NBA’s Fashion Ambassador in September 2012…was featured in The New York Times’ Style section in September 2014 which emphasized his role in planning his wedding and designing a special collection with The Tie Bar.

In September 2012 and 2013, he hosted his A Night on the RunWade fashion fundraiser in Miami to benefit his foundation…received the ESPY Awards for Best Breakthrough Athlete (2005) and Best NBA Player (2006)…has endorsement deals with Li-Ning, Gatorade, Pepperidge Farm, Hublot, The Collection, Mission Care Athlete Care, Stance, Driven Apps, The Tie Bar and The Sandals Foundation…in September 2014 he launched his stylish Classic Fusion Dwyane Wade timepiece, his second edition with Hublot after debuting the sporty King Power “D-Wade” in 2011…partnered with Staples in the summers of 2007 and 2008 to launch the Staples Dream Park Challenge with D. Wade, a park improvement initiative in South Florida…also enjoys football and lists the Chicago Bears and the University of Miami as his favorite teams…enjoys buying and collecting shoes…wears size 15 sneakers."Quoted By NBA.COM