Star point guard Jalen Brunson played college basketball at Villanova University, where he won two national championships. He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2018 NBA Draft. After spending four seasons with the team and one trip to the Western Conference Finals, he signed a contract with the New York Knicks, the same team his father, former NBA player Rick Brunson, is an assistant coach for.
As a member of the Knicks Brunson set the record for most three-point shots made in a half without a miss and tied the NBA record for most three-point shots made in a single game without a miss. He also made the 2024 All-Star team for the first time in his career. Now fans want to know more about Brunson’s life off the court, including who his wife Ali Marks is and why you may recognize her.
Brunson and Marks met in high school so he came up with the perfect proposal spot Brunson and Marks met when they were teenagers at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois about an hour outside of Chicago. The two began dating then and have been together ever since.
So when Brunson proposed to Marks, he decided it made perfect sense to do it at their old high school. In September 2022, Brunson asked his longtime girlfriend to marry him on the basketball court of their alma mater following his induction into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame. The athlete got down on one knee at center court next to candles in the shape of a heart under an arch of flowers, and Marks hap.
