User:Jared.mace

History
Jared Mace was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 18th, 1987. He was born to Berlene and Jeff Mace. His mother was an Elementary Principal and his father played for the Tulsa Drillers, a semi-professional baseball team. He has one older brother, Justin Mace, who was born on March 11, 1986. When he was 6 years old, the family packed up and moved to Boise, Idaho where he attended Pioneer Elementary. At an early age, he already showed signs of an entrepreneur. He and his brother set up a Lemonade stand in the summer. While one worked at the stand, the other would be mowing lawns or going door-to-door asking for their business.

At the age of 9, he and a classmate decided to start a gold fish farm. They decided they would feed the baby gold fish until they became big and sell them for profit. Thinking the little babies would become big quicker, they decided they would feed them more often. After feeding them too much, they came back from playing outside to see a tank full of upside down, floating goldfish. His business venture hadn't even made a sale yet. But he took notes and learned many valuable lessons worth much more than a tank and 20 goldfish.

He went to Eagle Middle School in Eagle, Idaho for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. He excelled at an early age, receiving Honors every year, making the Dean's List and National Honor Society. In 6th grade, he played baseball, football, was in Choir and played the saxophone. In 7th grade, he picked up wrestling to help him with football. In 8th grade, he decided to give basketball a try. It would become his most favored sport. He made the A team that year but did not start and rarely got in the game. Determined to succeed, he put in countless hours of practice so he would never sit on the bench again and that's exactly what happened. That same year, he was part of the Leadership Council and he and a fellow classmate ran the morning news for the school over the classroom tv's.

He went to Bishop Kelly High School, a private Catholic school for his freshman and sophomore year. He decided to focus more on basketball and school so Choir and