Hameen Ali

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Hameen Ali
William & Mary Tribe – No. 33
Position
Harrisburg, PA
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolDover (DE)
Career highlights and awards

Hameen Mitsurugi Ali III (born April 14, 1977)[

Disney Sports Spirit Award.[1] The award is presented annually to "college football's most inspirational athlete, who displays a sense of courage and an undying love for the game, while overcoming adversity on or off the field."[2]

Early life

Ali overcame many obstacles in life prior to earning an athletic scholarship to play for William & Mary, located in Williamsburg, Virginia.[3] As a child, Ali, his mother, and his sisters often had to live in their station wagon in Dover, Delaware because "that's all we had," he later said (he even spent one Christmas Eve in the car).[3] At age 12, Ali was kicked out of sixth grade for getting into too many fights.[4] In 1990, he stepped in to stop his mother's new boyfriend from being abusive toward his younger sisters; the boyfriend then went after him instead.[3] His sisters were fathered by different men, and Ali used to sell drugs on the corner.[3] He ran away and eventually found himself living in a foster home.[3]

College

Ali credits living in a foster home as the best thing that could have happened to him.

sophomore season, he led William & Mary rushing; he led the team again the next season as well.[2] While he did not repeat a third time in leading the Tribe in rushing, he did finish his career after the 2000 season having accumulated 21 touchdowns and 2,217 yards (at the time of his graduation in 2001, this total ranked him eighth all-time in school history).[1][2]

On December 7, 2000, the National College Football Awards Association presented him with their Sports Spirit Award in Lake Buena Vista, Florida during an annual ceremony.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ESPN Wide World of Sports
    . 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "House Joint Resolution No. 726 / Commending Hameen Ali" (PDF). State of Virginia. January 25, 2001. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Bianchi, Mike (December 8, 2000). "Runaway Shows Spirit To Endure". Sports. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "W&M Athlete Proves You Can Change Course In Life". Daily Press. October 8, 1998. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  5. ^ a b "2009 William & Mary Tribe Football Media Guide" (Java). ISSUU. 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
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