Born and raised in Dayton, OH…I’m just a guy from the Midwest who had two major influences in life that ultimately turned into full-blown passions and led me to this point - Basketball and Sneakers. Anyone who knows me will tell you that these two things permeate through me and are a direct reflection of who I am and how I live my life…One quarter and sneaker at a time. I coach High School boys basketball and play in a men’s basketball league which keeps me involved with the sport year-round and constantly intertwined with the values of the game and sneaker culture.

I’m actively involved in the game of basketball and have been ever since I was six years old back in Kindergarten, and I remember being in love with the game and the anticipation of going to recess with my friends in elementary school just so I could get back on the basketball court and make my best impersonations of the moves of my favorite player, Michael Jordan…I was so obsessed with the sport and being the best player I could possibly be that I’d be up at 4am during my childhood dribbling the basketball in my garage as my entire family slept, and occasionally would wake my twin sister up with the sound and she’d just give me the crazy look and shake her head. I couldn’t help it…I wanted to be great and I was ready to put the time and work into making that happen. I would go on to play in high school and ultimately navigate an ACL-tear injury during the summer before my senior year that shaped my outlook on life and commitment to perseverance and success.

After finishing High School, graduating from The Ohio State University, and living and working in Columbus, OH for multiple years, I decided to head to warmer pastures and try a change-of-pace by relocating to the Peach state of Georgia and planting my roots here in Atlanta. It was here where I discovered my fascination with sneaker culture and ultimately made the decision to find a creative way to merge the two passions together by creating a different concept that’s never been done but could be incredibly infectious. This all came to fruition by simply trying to find a solution to a chronic dilemma I’ve always had, which was making size 13 shoes more readily available in supply for sneaker enthusiasts since they always seem to sell out the fastest of any other size that’s included in a standard shoe run.