Eric Snow

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When it comes to professional athletes and their outside activities, few have been labeled and encompassed the term "community ambassador" better than current Cleveland Cavaliers co-captain and NBA veteran Eric Snow. Now officially retired after his 14th NBA season (the 4th with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers) , Eric is serving as an analyst for Turner Sports’ NBATV. He has been one of the league's models of consistency both on and off the court.

In his first book “Leading High Performers” (to be released in December, 2009) Snow discusses what corporate, non profit, and community leaders can do to bring out the best in people. A topic Eric has a unique knowledge of. While he has never possessed the gaudy statistics needed to be regularly mentioned among the league’s elite point guards by television commentators, Eric Snow has played with and has had incredible success against many of the best NBA players. And when a few of those who were his teammates or opponents are eventually inducted into the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame (like Gary Payton, Allen Iverson, and LeBron James), each of them will say without hesitation that it was the assists from Eric Snow on and off the court that helped make their success possible.

With a career that has included three trips to the NBA Finals (1996, 2001, & 2007) the former Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and second round pick from Michigan State University has seen it all and done it all. Recognized as a winner on nearly every team he has ever played on, Eric Snow is one of the few players in the league who can be called a true team leader.

This is what demonstrated for more than a decade in the NBA. He has been helping others to realize their goals. And the only part of his professional life that may be able to outshine the thousands of NBA assists he has dished out to his teammates for 3-point shots or slam dunks (he amassed over 4,200 assists for his career) might be the number of other ways in which he has helped the NBA through being one of its most consistent and well-known community spokespersons.

Since its founding by Eric Snow in 1997, the Shoot for The Moon foundation has been dedicated to supporting and strengthening communities and families within the Philadelphia, Northeast Ohio (with a special focus on Canton and Cleveland) and Greater Atlanta metropolitan regions. It strives to accomplish this goal through an emphasis and concentration on community activities aimed at empowering and encouraging fathers in their relationships with their children and families as well as in the areas of business and home ownership, the promotion of men's health and wellness, economic development, financial security, education, employment, and social policy as it relates specifically to men, fathers, and families.

Overall, the foundation has helped to raise more than $250,000 for fathers and families. It has found the time and resources to move outside of its mission to support related causes by providing relief for Hurricane Katrina victims, aid for students in Eric's hometown of Canton, Ohio, and even funeral expenses for a young African American student athlete from Cleveland who lost his life and promising future to violence.

For his tireless work off the court and his supportive relationships with players of all levels throughout the NBA, Eric has been called upon by league officials on numerous occasions to represent them in their national outreach initiatives. He also has been recognized with multiple community service awards from his peers and others who recognize the value of having a public figure present such a strong image to the
community.