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Andrew Wiggins (basketball player) Biography, Family, Awards & Career

By Sukhbeer Brar

June 14, 2022

Andrew Wiggins is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.

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Andrew is now 27 years old, was born on 23 February 1995 in Thornhill, Canada and raised in Vaughan, Ontario. 

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Andrew Wiggins has two older brothers, Nick and Mitchell, and three sisters

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Andrew's love for basketball led him to play for Vaughan Secondary School and Huntington Prep School in West Virginia, before eventually attending the University of Kansas.

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Andrew Wiggins was the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Wiggins went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award for the 2014-15 season.

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Andrew first found fame as the world's top-ranked high school basketball player and was a second-team All-American in college.

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Wiggins and his girlfriend Mychal Johnson have two daughters named Alayah Milan and Amyah.

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In 2017, Andrew was awarded a five-year contract extension worth US$146.5 million, making him the highest-paid Canadian athlete of all time.

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The username of his Instagram account is @22wiggins and in June 2022 he has over 2 million followers on his account. 

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