Jalen Washington, a 20-year-old American basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team, recently credited his parents, Jimmy Washington Sr. and Jada Sterling, for supporting him in his career.
Although Jalen has yet to start his professional basketball journey, the hype he has garnered lately as a basketball player is incomparable, and the rising basketball star considers it a blessing.
But whatever Jalen Washington has been achieving lately wouldn’t have been possible if his parents had not been there for him.
He recently revealed that since his and his parents’ faith is the same, their purposes for life align, and that appears to be the reason why he gets consistent support from them.
In a recent press conference, he said,
I’ve had people in my corner to help me. No way I could’ve got through this by myself. It took a lot of prayer. My parents are people of faith just like me. Just even them being able to be here, just praying for me and just talking to me every day —
Via Tarheel Tribune
He further credited his high school coaches, trainers, siblings, other family members, and closest friends for helping him throughout his journey, so he was pretty emotional at the time.
Jalen Washington’s brother, Jimmy, is also a basketball player!
The parents of Jalen Washington appear to be pretty enthusiastic about basketball because Jalen is not the only basketball player in the family.
His older brother Jimmy also played basketball at IU-Northwest. The Washinton siblings always looked up to one another as an inspiration and competitor.
In an exclusive talk with The Daily Car Heel, Jalen Washington said,
I was always a little bit crazy about playing against him. I always wanted to beat my brother. So every day, just coming into the gym and just wanting to be like, ‘I wanna be better than my brother.
Via The Daily Car Heel
Back then, his brother Jimmy often took several medals and won several basketball games, but despite that, he appears to have left playing basketball and switched his career. On the other, Jalen is passionately pursuing basketball and doing pretty well.
In case you didn’t know
- Jalen Washington was born to his parents, Jimmy Washington Sr. and Jada Sterling, on February 21, 2004, in Hobart, Indiana, and he is currently 20 years old.
- He completed his high school in the West Side and committed to pla for the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team.
- Jalen’s big brother, Jimmie, majored in exercise and sports science at Indiana University Northwest.
