AMBASSADOR

“I believe I’ve been put on this earth to inspire and that comes from a very strong will to win in life.” A powerhouse basketball player since a young age, Ohio native Devin Green graduated Hampton University in 2005 where he earned two all-league selections, was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rookie of the year in 2002, and finished as the school’s fifth all-time leading scorer.  He has spent his career playing for NBA teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers in the U.S. and abroad, eventually retiring from GS Pétroliers in July 2020.  Inspired by his deep love and loyalty to Hampton University, Devin founded the Rich Heritage Classic, Inc. in 2020. Rich Heritage Classic aspires to elevate basketball infrastructure within HBCUs with the ultimate goal is to reclaim the dominance the institutions once held at the collegiate level and within the African American community.  Devin Green is the second player to ever make it in the NBA out of Hampton University, and he continues to live by the REAL HU’s motto “Standard of Excellence, An Education for Life.”  Devin is currently working in the front office with the Sacramento Kings also the founder and creator of H3 Collection, a fashion brand designed to show the significance HBCU’s have to the cities and states in America.