Chris Webber

Mayce Edward Christopher Webber III (born March 1, 1973, in Detroit, Michigan), better known as Chris Webber and nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a 5-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA rebounding champion, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee. As a collegian, he is a former NCAA Men's Basketball first team All-American and he is well remembered for his leadership of the University of Michigan Wolverines' 1991 incoming freshman class known as the Fab Five that reached the 1992 & 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as Freshmen and Sophomores, and his involvement in the scandal that led to forfeiting those games.[1] As a scholastic player he is a former National High School Basketball Player of the Year who led his high school to three Michigan State High School Basketball Championships.

Chris Webber prepped at Detroit Country Day School and at the time was the most recruited Michigan basketball player since Magic Johnson. Chris led Country Day to three MHSAA State championships. As a senior in high school Webber averaged 29.4 points and 13 rebounds per game. He was named Michigan's Mr. Basketball and the 1990-1991 National High School player of the year.

After graduating from Detroit Country Day School (where his number 44 is retired), Webber attended the University of Michigan for two years. While a Michigan Wolverine, Webber led the group of players known as the Fab Five, which included himself, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. This group, all of whom entered Michigan as freshmen in the fall of 1991, took the basketball team to the NCAA finals twice, losing both times. The Fab Five, sporting long, baggy shorts and black shoes, became immensely popular as they were seen as bringing a hip hop flavor to the game. Four of the Fab Five (Webber, Rose, Howard, and King) made it to the NBA.