Ali Farokhmanesh
Ali Fredrick Farokhmanesh (born April 16, 1988) is an American basketball player who is currently enrolled at the University of Northern Iowa.
He led Northern Iowa in an upset over #1 seed Kansas in the Round of 32 at the 2010 March Madness tournament. He made a crucial three point shot to give Northern Iowa a solid lead with 30 seconds remaining.[1] It came only two days after hitting the game-winning three point shot against UNLV in the first round of the tournament.
Farokhmanesh is of mixed American and Iranian descent. His father, Mashallah, was born in Borujerd and was a member of the Iranian men's national volleyball team, before emigrating to the United States in 1977, where he played for professional teams and eventually became a coach.[2] Mashallah married Ali's mother, Cindy Fredrick, who has been the head coach for the women's volleyball team at the University of Iowa since 2004. Before moving to Iowa, Fredrick was the head coach of the Washington State University's women's volleyball team for 15 years, where she had a record of 278 wins and just 192 losses.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/sports/ncaabasketball/21kansas.html
- ^ "Dr. Mashallah Farokhmanesh". WSUCougars.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Cindy Fredrick". HawkeyeSports.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
External links
Farokhmanesh's profile on the Northern Iowa official website
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