Marcus Ginyard

Marcus Ginyard is an American former professional basketball player, born on 8 May 1987 in Rochester, New York, who grew up in northern Virginia. At Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington County he won 116 games against 19 losses and was named Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Basketball in Virginia. He then played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where he became known as a defensive specialist and was voted the team's defensive player of the year in 2006-07 and 2007-08. A stress fracture in his left foot forced a medical redshirt in his senior season, and the Tar Heels won the 2009 NCAA tournament with Ginyard supporting them as the No. 1 Cheerleader. Undrafted in 2010, he played professionally in Germany, Israel, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, France and North Macedonia, spent a season with the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League, joined Limoges CSP in 2019 and announced his retirement on 5 January 2022.