A Wichita State great, a NBA player, and now a father.
Fred VanVleet, a recent Shocker great and a member of the 2013 Final Four team, became a first-time dad on Sunday.
VanVleet and his long-time girlfriend, Shontai Neal, celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter, late Sunday evening in their hometown of Rockford, Ill. The couple has been together since VanVleet’s high school days in Rockford, and Neal also attended Wichita State.
The birth came hours after VanVleet, who plays for the Toronto Raptors, scored a career-high 25 points in a 123-111 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.