Shane Battier
09/25/2017 – Shane Battier – 32nd Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner – Arrivals – New York Hilton Midtown – New York City, NY, USA – Photo Credit: Laurence Agron / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Shane Courtney Battier
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: September 9, 1978
Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*European (mother)
Shane Battier is an American professional basketball player. He played for various teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also been a member of the U.S. national basketball team.
His father is black and his mother is white. An article by Michael Lewis in the New York Times detailed that during his youth, Shane found it difficult to fit in with both his white and black friends.
Shane is married to Heidi Ufer, with whom he has two children.
He is a co-owner of D1 Sports Training in Memphis.
correction caucasian should be changed to european or white