Steve Nash is one of the craftiest and best point guards to ever play basketball and skipped the opportunity to play professional soccer for a shot in the NBA. Nash was drafted twelfth overall by the Phoenix Suns in what could be the most legendary NBA Draft to date in 1996. Throughout his illustrious career, Steve Nash was able to earn two MVP trophies in back-to-back years in 2005 and 2006 and received NBA All-Star honors eight times throughout his nineteen-year career.
Nash was able to lead multiple teams to the NBA Western Conference Finals including both the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns but could never get over the hump in the tough conference. He's one of the most precise shooters the NBA has ever seen and his playmaking ability is something that just can't be taught. Nash was and still is known as a floor leader who made his teammates better and he currently works with the Golden State Warriors as a players consultant.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.