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...age of .909 during the 2002-03 season, named Canada's Top Male Athlete, has appeared in 8 career NBA Playoff games, and was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996. Steve Nash has been ranked very well in all aspects of basketball and they as followed: -Ranks #10 in the NBA in Assists Per Game (7.7) -Ranks #5 in the NBA in Free Throw Percentage (0.887) -Ranks #4 in the NBA in Three Point Field Goal Percentage (0.455) -Ranks #9 in the NBA in Three Point Field Goals Made (156.0) -Ranks #15 in the NBA in Three Point Field Goals Per 48 Minutes (2.64) -Ranks #9 in the NBA in Assists (634.0) -Ranks #8 in the NBA in Assists Per 48 Minutes (10.7) Nash has been involved politically by supporting the Read to Achieve program going on through the NBA. The Read to Achieve program is about basketball players taking the time out of their lives to go to junior schools and discuss why it is important to stay in school and all the benfits you get out of it. The school would gather all the younger classes and put them in a certain classroom, where he would read them a book, to try to inspire them to continue and enjoy reading. He also discusses why it is also important to enjoy reading. Nash does not go to older classes because the NBA figures they wouldn't care about the message he is trying to send, just to try and get his autograph. The International Role Model that I chose is the Actor/Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold grew up in a small, isolated village in Austria, and as young kid dreamed of bodybuilding as his ticket to life. Arnold soon became the greatest body builder who ever lived, and so move...

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