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= Tom Tebbs II = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas Tebbs II (born November 14,1989) is an American basketball player, actor, model, and paralegal.

Early Life
Tebbs was born in 1989 in California. He was raised in Southern California for the majority of his youth. Mainly in the city Torrance, California until he was 16. There he began he gained early experience in the basketball world. He played for the 4 "D" Stars a team located in the heart of Los Angeles, California where he was often, other than his father, the only white guy in the gym. He not only played for the 4 "D" Stars but was also apart of an AAU national championship team in 2003, the South Coast Stars. They were led by two future NBA players DeMar Derozan and Brandon Jennings.

He then moved to Henderson, Nevada where again played for another AAU National Championship team in 2004, Poly Nation. The team was led by Tebbs and future Kansas Jayhawk Elijah Johnson. He attended Greenspun Junior High School where they went undefeated and were the County Champions his one year spent there.

2005–2009
He began his High School career at Coronado High School where he started as a Freshman on the Men's Varsity Basketball team. He would continue to play at Coronado before transferring to Lone Peak High School for his senior year. Lone Peak finished as State Runner-Up and ranked 81st nationally. He averaged 12 points, four rebounds, eight assists and three steals per game as a senior for Quincy Lewis, he earned all-state honorable mention and Utah Valley All-Star honors and was also a McDonalds All-American nominee.

2010-2014
Although having a verbal commitment to Weber State University during his Senior year of high school, a shoulder injury at the beginning of the basketball year deterred Weber State from following through. He was then sent to play at a junior college level to prove his health at Snow College. During a Scrimmage at Snow College attempting a dunk, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

After transferring from Snow College to Hartnell College to play for Coach Andrew Vasher, he cut the season short to serve a full time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from 2011-2013 in Alaska.

Upon his return he attended Southern Utah University and was on the Men's Basketball Team. Due to NCAA Division I eligibility credit requirements he was unable to play in any games and moved on from the school to new pursuits.

Film
During his mission he tore his labrum again, he returned home for surgery to fix the problem once and for all. One day while walking through a mall he was spotted by an agent for Urban Talent Management, where he began taking acting and modeling classes. He was in a few commercials, more notably, a Samsung commercial for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He was also a model in the 2015 Redken Symposium. The height of his acting and modeling career was a lead role in the movie "Saint Street", directed by Rob Diamond.

Career
After his attempt at college basketball, he endeavored on new life adventures as he waited to join the United States Navy. In-between 2014 and 2017 he worked for DemaNation, a company with a passion to "care more, do more, and give more". They specialize in event management for events such as the NBA All-Star games, MLB All-Star games, NFL Super Bowl's, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, and even Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. He was a Team Lead as well as the Director of Business Relations.

When he wasn't spending time with high profile clients at DemaNation, he worked on a ranch for Neff Livestock as a ranch hand.

He spent one season as a Semi-Pro football player for the Las Vegas Hawks as a Wide Receiver and Safety.

U.S. Navy
Tebbs enlisted in the United States Navy in 2017. He joined as an Electronics Technician (ET) and cross-rated to a Legalman (LN) the Navy's Paralegal equivalent. He is currently active duty.